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Horizon

Blue Cypress Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch—
Vertical1,150 ft
Length4,662 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesSW
Top4,167 ft

Horizon drops 1,150 vertical feet over 4,662 feet of skiing. It faces southwest.

How well Horizon holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 15°, Horizon gets about 125% of the winter sun that flat ground at Cypress Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 34th sunniest named run at Cypress Mountain. Its top sits at 4,170 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.

Horizon 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.