Cypress Provincial Park

Cypress Provincial Park is a mountain park above Greater Vancouver with a developed southern section around Cypress Bowl and a wilder northern ridge section linked by a protected corridor. Named for the yellow cedar that grows here, the area was long used by Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples, with old bark-stripping scars still visible above Yew Lake. Logging began in the late 19th century and helped open Hollyburn to hikers and early skiers as winter sports grew in the 1920s and 1930s. Repeated conflicts over logging and conservation shaped the park’s creation, later expansion, and present role as both a major ski destination and an important hiking landscape.

British Columbia · Canada