As these images from the Vancouver Organising Committee (VANOC) show, Cypress Mountain's slopes team are putting in the hard yards to ensure the resort is ready for it's Olympic extravaganza.

Cypress from above, a little green around the edges

Flying in the hay bales

Hay bales used to build the walls of the skier/boarder cross course

Helicopter hay bale operation at work

Snowcat shaping the skier/boarder cross course

The skier/boarder cross course

Working on the aerials jump

The half pipe, nearly completed

It takes some serious equipment to build a snowboard venue, this monster shapes the half pipe

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