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Rainbow

Black diamond Cypress Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical646 ft
Length2,046 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesSW
Top3,673 ft

Rainbow drops 646 vertical feet over 2,046 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 340 feet below the top. That's steeper than 57% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 37 named runs at Cypress Mountain. It faces southwest.

How well Rainbow holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 19°, Rainbow gets about 146% of the winter sun that flat ground at Cypress Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th sunniest named run at Cypress Mountain. Its top sits at 3,670 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.

Rainbow profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Rainbow elsewhere

Nearby at Cypress Mountain

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter lidar from Natural Resources Canada. 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.