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Black on Black

Double black Cypress Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch—
Vertical758 ft
Length1,735 ft
Average pitch26°
FacesSE
Top3,548 ft

Black on Black drops 758 vertical feet over 1,735 feet of skiing. It faces southeast.

How well Black on Black holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 26°, Black on Black gets about 130% of the winter sun that flat ground at Cypress Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st sunniest named run at Cypress Mountain. Its top sits at 3,550 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 on Black profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Nearby at Cypress Mountain

Measured by ZRankings from Natural Resources Canada lidar (1-meter where it exists, coarser elsewhere). 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.