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Bowen Face

Black diamond Cypress Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch—
Vertical534 ft
Length1,147 ft
Average pitch28°
FacesSW
Top3,829 ft

Bowen Face drops 534 vertical feet over 1,147 feet of skiing. It faces southwest.

How well Bowen Face holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 28°, Bowen Face gets about 161% of the winter sun that flat ground at Cypress Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th sunniest named run at Cypress Mountain. Its top sits at 3,830 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.

Bowen Face 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 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.