Cypress skiing

Subsequent to Garrett's golf day, we went up the mountain to Cypress Ski Resort for a day of snowboarding. Cypress is half an hour from downtown Vancouver (with no rush hour traffic!) and has a fantastic view of the city below:
We headed up in the morning of a very clear day, so visibility was great! This is another shot of me in front of a viewpoint on one of the ski trails down the mountain.
Cypress is a decent ski resort, although it fell a little short of our expectations. It is definately cheaper than Whistler, but has more ski trails than Grouse or Seymour, thus we felt our choice was obvious. However, apparently EVERYONE else also thought Cypress was a great place to go too.

We stood waited in line to park, we stood in line to buy our lift passes. We waited and searched for a spot to leave our snowboards on the racks (they were all full). We stood in line everytime we took the lift up, except for when everyone else was eating lunch and the line was a little shorter (about an hour span). We stood in line for food, for somewhere to sit and to use the bathroom. There were SO MANY PEOPLE!! It was crazy. I guess that's what happens when ski hills are 30 minutes from an urban centre.

In any case, we had a pretty good day and got a lot of snowboarding in. I improved my snowboarding skills, which I always hope to achieve each time I get to the mountains. We also took a few more pictures, as below.
Me snowboarding towards Garrett:The view from the chair lift, looking out towards Gibsons. You can see Bowen and Keats Islands on the left, and Gambier and Turtle-shaped Islands on the right. Gibsons is at the far left edge of the picture:
The view of Vancouver from the chair lift: