Above the fog

After several days with heavy fog in the city we were hoping to escape that by going up to Cypress Mountain on Saturday. We took the early bus together with about three dozen of "Richmond kids" (thats where the bus started) and some staff people who complained to be late for work while we could not believe how early it still was. We were rewarded by bright sunshine just a few miles from downtown. You could even see some skyscapers stick out of the fog.


From the bus I could not possibly take a picture like that myself.

Cypress Mountain is the 2010 Olympic venue for Freestyle skiing and Snowboarding. Passing the Alpine Venue we saw the slope for a Freestyle event. Too many bumps and jumps for me! We decided to start with snowshoeing. At the Nordic area they have very nice snowsho trails with maps every few metres. There were many people on the trails and on the cross-country ski runs but still it was a nature experience walking between ancient trees and on about 2 metres of snow.


Olaf on snowshoes. The snow was quite packed here but we went through the forest a lot and there we needed snowshoes.


Lunch break with other cool snowshoeers.


Last descent to the Hollyburn lodge.


Nordic ski area on Cypress Mountain. We will come back!