Vancouver hills

[-skian-]

Out of Grouse, Seymour, and Cypress, any input as to which is best to work at? I am looking to start at one of them this winter.

 

[JAHBRADOR]

Seymour is super chill and has a sick park/good mountain.

Grouse is way more touristy, but has a better park than Seymour with good jumps. The rest of the hill is average.

I’ve never been to cypress

 

[Kevski]

Seymour is like the local homie vibe of the three. Little bit more janky, lots more soul, locally owned. They are smaller and their budgets aren't as high but they do a ton with very little. They run some solid events, like the Baked Salmon.

You see Sean P and pro snowboard crews on the regular because the terrain is so playful and the vibe is so good. Not uncommon to see raked side hits and people sending some of them like 40' (in addition to a fun park). End of the season the park runs top to bottom. That's where I got my pass this year - gonna ride as many weeknights as I can. Backcountry access is good with playful rolling terrain.

Grouse is the tourist hub, and has a mandatory tram ride to the top. I feel like this will be really weird during covid and people might have to wait forever to get on one. They have a big budget, arguably the best park, and some dope skiers coming up who ride there.

Management seems very corporate, prioritizing sightseeing with skiing as the afterthought, but is now owned by the same family that owns Revy. Terrain is pretty boring outside the park, and backcountry is a huge no-no (some NSers got banned for life and charged for an unneeded rescue heli when they were seen ducking a rope). They do run some events though, like the tell a friend tour the last couple years.

Cypress bans the park crew from posting people doing any "dangerous" tricks on their insta, if that helps illustrate their priorities? Their park is a joke but the terrain is the biggest of the three. Solid tree runs, longer runs, highest elevation summit, more runs lit. I think they're owned by Vail? They have a really good deal on midweek passes and it seems like every skier in the city has one. Solid backcountry access and quality skiing when the freezing levels are good.

 

[Non_State_Actor]

Seymour is like the local homie vibe of the three.

Grouse is the tourist hub, and has a mandatory tram ride to the top.

Cypress bans the park crew from posting people doing any "dangerous" tricks on their insta. I think they're owned by Vail?

I'm new to the area and have only been to Cypress...what Kevski said seems spot on with the exception of the Vail ownership. Cypress is on Ikon so some sort of connection to Alterra.

I just looked it up out of curiosity and Cypress is owned by Boyne Resorts

 

[Kevski]

I'm new to the area and have only been to Cypress...what Kevski said seems spot on with the exception of the Vail ownership. Cypress is on Ikon so some sort of connection to Alterra.

I just looked it up out of curiosity and Cypress is owned by Boyne Resorts

Ah true that! I shoulda known that.

 

[Bushdid9_11]

and backcountry is a huge no-no (some NSers got banned for life and charged for an unneeded rescue heli when they were seen ducking a rope)

This is honestly my worst skiing nightmare

 

[Salad20]

Out of Grouse, Seymour, and Cypress, any input as to which is best to work at? I am looking to start at one of them this winter.

Late response but met a guy who worked at Seymour and Cypress when I was doing my level 2 cert.

He said he likes working at Seymour more but Cypress has better clinics.

 

[-skian-]

Late response but met a guy who worked at Seymour and Cypress when I was doing my level 2 cert.

He said he likes working at Seymour more but Cypress has better clinics.

Sick, thanks man. I ended up at Cypress as a groomer and had an awesome year. I was going to do Seymour, but Cypress had better pay and schedule, and I loved it. I started as a free groomer and park groomer (park groomer/builder is my background) split. Their parks are pretty scheisty though, badly managed and severely restricted. The crew wants to do fun stuff, but it has to go through such a deep trench of bureaucratic stagnation that they are essentially not allowed to do anything. It was sad to see the guys stoke die beneath Boyne Resorts thumb. Park crew should get a bit of independence, rather than relying on approval from a U.S. company that only has one resort in Canada, and the high up folks do not even understand park skiing. I get that patrol should have say in the park as well, but it was over the top here. There was a mint hip that they said was unsafe and stayed shut for a month. I got sick of it and my night in the park one week I just groomed it out real pretty, told them I did some work on it, and they opened it. It was the same hip. Then I moved on to winching, with one night of park a week, and winching is so fun. Definitely a big change from Ontario haha. Had some good views too.



Anyway, sick mountain, good terrain, fun staff. I had a lot of fun.

**This post was edited on Apr 22nd 2021 at 8:25:03am

 

[Non_State_Actor]

Sick, thanks man. I ended up at Cypress as a groomer and had an awesome year. I was going to do Seymour, but Cypress had better pay and schedule, and I loved it. I started as a free groomer and park groomer (park groomer/builder is my background) split. Their parks are pretty scheisty though, badly managed and severely restricted. The crew wants to do fun stuff, but it has to go through such a deep trench of bureaucratic stagnation that they are essentially not allowed to do anything. It was sad to see the guys stoke die beneath Boyne Resorts thumb. Park crew should get a bit of independence, rather than relying on approval from a U.S. company that only has one resort in Canada, and the high up folks do not even understand park skiing. I get that patrol should have say in the park as well, but it was over the top here. There was a mint hip that they said was unsafe and stayed shut for a month. I got sick of it and my night in the park one week I just groomed it out real pretty, told them I did some work on it, and they opened it. It was the same hip. Then I moved on to winching, with one night of park a week, and winching is so fun. Definitely a big change from Ontario haha. Had some good views too.

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Anyway, sick mountain, good terrain, fun staff. I had a lot of fun.

**This post was edited on Apr 22nd 2021 at 8:25:03am

Thanks for grooming it up! It was a good season.

 

[SurfinCow]

Sick, thanks man. I ended up at Cypress as a groomer and had an awesome year. I was going to do Seymour, but Cypress had better pay and schedule, and I loved it. I started as a free groomer and park groomer (park groomer/builder is my background) split. Their parks are pretty scheisty though, badly managed and severely restricted. The crew wants to do fun stuff, but it has to go through such a deep trench of bureaucratic stagnation that they are essentially not allowed to do anything. It was sad to see the guys stoke die beneath Boyne Resorts thumb. Park crew should get a bit of independence, rather than relying on approval from a U.S. company that only has one resort in Canada, and the high up folks do not even understand park skiing. I get that patrol should have say in the park as well, but it was over the top here. There was a mint hip that they said was unsafe and stayed shut for a month. I got sick of it and my night in the park one week I just groomed it out real pretty, told them I did some work on it, and they opened it. It was the same hip. Then I moved on to winching, with one night of park a week, and winching is so fun. Definitely a big change from Ontario haha. Had some good views too.

View attachment 1001694

Anyway, sick mountain, good terrain, fun staff. I had a lot of fun.

**This post was edited on Apr 22nd 2021 at 8:25:03am

Yeah cheers man, appreciate the work. Interesting to read about all the bs to get park stuff approved. Figured it was something like that so it is nice to see what its like from someone who work there.