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Meteor

Double black Cypress Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch—
Vertical615 ft
Length1,263 ft
Average pitch29°
FacesSE
Top3,415 ft

Meteor drops 615 vertical feet over 1,263 feet of skiing. It faces southeast.

How well Meteor holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 29°, Meteor 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 28th sunniest named run at Cypress Mountain. Its top sits at 3,420 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.

Meteor 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.