Rode Cypress for the first time last night.
For it's first year it's pretty impressive.
Put it this way, for a local mountain that's easily accesible for an after work rip it's a load of fun and not to be complained about. Plus it can only get better.
Old school is fun. It's slow and tech, I enjoyed the challenge. We'll see how long the trail stands up, it's pretty soft in there.
Thoughts/concerns:
Some of the jumps need tweaking, you can't air a lot of them without easily overshooting them. Some of the jumps are good, others not so good.
Wall rides…. just plain fun. I had a big grin EVERY time after railing them.
There's some areas that have a relatively high risk factor and could do with some netting/padding. You can easily over-cook a berm and the consequences wouldn't be pretty. I didn't have to much concern about it personally, I could just see the potential of it happening.
Overall it's what I would call a more 'thoughful' version of Whistler. I think with riding there and everything being so perfectly groomed you can often hit a new trail or jump knowing that you'll have some time after it to figure out what's coming next. Cypress isn't like that, you need the know the trail before you can really rail it.
I like some of the crested corners where the bike gets light and drifts.
Some of the corners a quite loose, it's great skill building stuff to make sure you can rail them time and time again.
I like the contruction of the trails, those guys have done a great job.
I like that I left work and got quite a few runs in and had a grin on my face.
Those that have bagged on the place will surely be eating their words in a couple of years.