» Read discussion on Cypress Mountain 01/02/11 The year 2010 must go down as one of the greatest in the history of North Shore sports. Not only did West Vancouver's Cypress Mountain host several marquee events during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, but one of our own claimed a historic gold medal on that very mountain. Wowsers.
12/26/10 WEST Vancouver native Ma?lle Ricker flies to gold in the Olympic snowboard cross final held in February at Cypress Mountain. Ricker raced into the history books as the first Canadian woman to win Olympic gold on home soil.
02/28/10 He did not make it back to the medals stand, but Central Oregon's Chris Klug battled his way into the quarterfinals of the men's parallel giant slalom snowboarding event Saturday at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.Klug, a part-time Sisters resident who was raised in Bend, finished seventh in the event, staged in foggy, rainy conditions at Cypress Mountain in British Columbia.
02/23/10 VANCOUVER - Olympic gold-medallist Maelle Ricker, nicknamed Mighty Mouse by her parents, wasn't the only mouse to rip down the slopes at Cypress Mountain.
02/23/10 Three weeks ago, Julia Murray went under the knife. On Tuesday afternoon, despite constant pain throughout her body particularly in her left knee Murray was able to start in the women's Olympic ski-cross event at Cypress Mountain.
02/18/10 CYPRESS MOUNTAIN (Feb. 17) - Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA) had already secured his second straight Olympic gold medal, but that didn't stop him from stomping one last epic run for the fans Wednesday night in the Cypress Mountain halfpipe - including his patented Double McTwist 1260. U.S. teammate Scott Lago (Seabrook, NH) took home the bronze.
02/16/10 If you think the Flying Tomato's Double McTwist 1260 is on the menu at the Golden Arches, think again. "Flying Tomato" is the nickname for red-headed San Diego snowboarding superstar Shaun White, who is favoured Wednesday at weather-battered Cypress Mountain to repeat as gold medalist in the Olympic men's halfpipe. The Double McTwist 1260 is the combination of spins and jumps 23-year-old White ...
02/14/10 Four years ago, U.S. moguls skier Hannah Kearney sat in the stands in Turin after collapsing and placing a dismal 22nd in the qualifying round. She exorcised that performance Saturday with a dominating, gold-medal victory on slushy Cypress Mountain.
02/14/10 I'm up here at Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver, home of a little bit of snow and a whole lot of dirt. Other than being a little slushy, however, the mogul course looks great, and the skiers are tearing down it like everything's OK.
02/14/10 VANCOUVER - Freestyle skier Hannah Kearney, the final competitor down the slope, captured the first gold medal for Team USA, winning the women's moguls competition Saturday night at Cypress Mountain.
02/13/10 Reigning Olympic moguls champion Jennifer Heil will try for her second consecutive opening-day gold when the Canadian star hits the slopes of Vancouver's Cypress Mountain on Saturday.
02/09/10 With the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics just days away, one of the biggest causes of concern remains the lack of snow on Cypress Mountain. And the weather forecast in the city for the next few days is so incredibly mild that, as Mark Hamilton noted on Twitter, the 2010 Games could "be the first winter Olympics you can attend in shorts and tees".
02/09/10 SEE IF AL GORE CAN EXPLAIN THIS ONE Cincinnati is bracing for its second round of heavy snow in a week, while in Vancouver, British Columbia, they are trucking and flying snow to Cypress Mountain where the Winter Olympics begin on Friday.
01/27/10 United States Ski and Snowboard Association President and CEO Bill Marolt, together with the U.S. Olympic Committee, announced a roster of 18 athletes to compete in the snowboard events at Cypress Mountain in Vancouver starting Feb. 15.
01/21/10 Olympic organizers plan to truck in snow for the freestyle skiing and snowboarding events at Cypress Mountain.
01/13/10 Vancouver Olympic organizers say Cypress Mountain, on Vancouver's North Shore, will close early to prepare for the upcoming Games.
01/13/10 WEST VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Vancouver Olympic organizers are closing Cypress Mountain early to preserve the snow for the games that begin in 30 days.
01/11/10 Warm and wet weather forced the shutdown of three B.C. ski resorts Monday, including Cypress Mountain, which will host freestyle and snowboard Olympic events in just over a month.
09/18/09 Search and rescuers have not been able to locate a missing 70-year-old B.C. man who is believed to have gone hiking on Cypress Mountain earlier in the week. | 
