Brilliant blue skies... and helicopters!

With a week to go before Vancouver's Winter Olympic Games launch, crews are full speed ahead at Cypress Mountain. Cypress is home to Freestyle Skiing, Aerials, Snowboarding, Parallel Giant Slalom and Ski/Board Cross. Only a short drive from Vancouver, and overlooking beautiful English Bay, Cypress has been a visible target of Vancouver's unseasonably mild winter. And while the city has enjoyed early spring-like conditions, Cypress - and more importantly it's crews, have been challenged with keeping the snow - on the ground.

From our accounts on the ground today, the hundreds of workforce and volunteers are doing an incredible job. The snow is there, and fields of play will be in keeping with creating the world's best. Less than a week to go... the excitement is building.