Hollyburn Nordic Area

Cypress Mountain runs the Nordic area on Hollyburn Ridge in Cypress Provincial Park, two kilometres short of the downhill area on Cypress Bowl Road. The ticket office, rental shop, warming hut and Nordic Cafe all sit at the trailhead around the corner from the tube park. Cypress counts 60 trails from beginner to advanced terrain. It also says its 12 lit trails make up the only night cross-country skiing on Vancouver's North Shore, and it sells the evening ticket for after-work laps.

Hollyburn Lodge stands by First Lake, and the Hollyburn Heritage Society puts it 15 to 20 minutes on foot from the Nordic parking lot by the Hollyburn Trail or Lower Burfield. Swedish-born Rudolph Verne and his friends officially opened the Hollyburn Ski Camp there in January 1927. The old lodge came down in 2015 and a new one went up on the same site in the same shape, and it opened officially on 15 January 2017. In winter Cypress sends snowshoers to it on an evening walk called Lights of Hollyburn that runs one kilometre through old-growth forest. You need to reserve a spot.

Cypress lists its 2026/27 cross-country trail ticket at $38 online for a full day or an evening, plus tax, and a snowshoe ticket at $24. Anyone planning several visits should look at the Sky Card, which loads two to five discounted days, or the $459 adult season pass. Both the season pass and Sky Cards of three days or more come with free parking. Cypress keeps dogs and cats off all of its ski and snowshoe trails.

From downtown Vancouver, cross the Lions Gate Bridge, follow Taylor Way to Highway 1 and take exit 8 onto Cypress Bowl Road. Winter tires are required on that road from 1 October to 30 April. Once you park, Cypress's lot shuttle carries you to the Nordic area. Cypress Mountain acknowledges that it operates on the unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam).