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Slash

Black diamond Cypress Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch—
Vertical745 ft
Length2,081 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesS
Top4,007 ft

Slash drops 745 vertical feet over 2,081 feet of skiing. It faces south.

How well Slash holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 21°, Slash 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 3rd sunniest named run at Cypress Mountain. Its top sits at 4,010 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.

Slash 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.