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Originally Posted by AzNightmare
Damn. I'll wait until I'm better before I go up to Whistler.
I was thinking of getting a cypress gold card.
How long does a typical season last?
I'll probably be staying on Cypress majority of the season.
This is just my first season, and the blue runs there are about right for me.
btw, do any of you ever go by yourself? 
Like is it generally safe, or is there some code where you should always "buddy-up" when up on the mountain in case you fly off a cliff or something? |
Seymour and cypress go till mid april. Grouse sometimes goes beyond that for downhill.
Seymour and cypress have to negotiate the terms of usage with the BC parks board for the area they lease for downhill/cross country, and while they can operate beyond mid april, they generally don't due to lack of enthusiasm from the public.
There has only been a couple years in the last 15 that had the season extended. One year in particular was the season of 1998/1999, where the snowbase was so massive, cypress and seymour extended their downhill operation till the beginning of june.
if you're confident in your abilities and only plan to stick to marked blue or green trails, by all means go up on your own. i have always gone by myself, unless i plan on heading up with friends. I have always found that you'll meet someone on the chair. Everyone is there to enjoy the same thing you are.
If you want to lap the terrain park, you'll always find someone that with either tag along with you, or you can tag along with. It's really easy to make new friends on the hill.
If you plan on being an idiot [case in point Sebastien Boucher, who went out of bounds on purpose to allegedly alleviate stress of a friend passing] Then find other like minded idiots and then buddy up.
Read more about that dick here
Cypress Mountain Snowboarder Rescued From Out Of Bounds Area