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Black Fly

Double black Cypress Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch—
Vertical484 ft
Length1,084 ft
Average pitch27°
FacesSE
Top3,362 ft

Black Fly drops 484 vertical feet over 1,084 feet of skiing. It faces southeast.

How well Black Fly holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 27°, Black Fly gets about 135% of the winter sun that flat ground at Cypress Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 23rd sunniest named run at Cypress Mountain. Its top sits at 3,360 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Black Fly profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Nearby at Cypress Mountain

Measured by ZRankings from 30-meter elevation data from Natural Resources Canada, too coarse to measure steepness. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.