Cyprus Mountain News Today

Ahead in vancouver and today, well see athletes dpo for the gold in biathlon, luge, ski jumping and speedskating. nbc has confirmed that mens downhill has been canceled today because of slushy conditions on the mountain and joining us now with more details is katy tur. what is the weather like? what kind of problems is this posing? >> its been a huge problem here in vancouver. we are in the northwest and its a lot like seattles weather. we get a lot of rain and thats posing a big problem for the...

Wonderful city. but youre right, the high today 48 degrees. expecting rain. they got snow up at whistler, where a lot of downhill events are. but there is this mountain behind me, cyprus mountain, its raining there. they are trucking in snow. they are worried about that. luckily, the opening ceremony tonight at b.c. place is indoors. first time they ever had an indoor opening ceremony. that will be no problem. the party, though, started last night. i can tell you first hand it was crazy. these a...

>> people may volunteer to bring it there. by the way, i think whistler itself is doing okay with snowfall. there are two ski resorts where they are doing ski events and its cyprus mountain which is near vancouver where they are missing the snow. we wish there was no snow in the northeast. unfortunately were still digging out. a little blip there on the radar of the storm system that brought the epic snow, the record-breaking snow really. were left with just cold, windy conditions today. heres s...

At cyprus mountain where the ski events are taking place, theyre having to truck in snow and hay to get the venue ready in time. for the athletes that means two less days of practice time on the mountains for the athletes competing there. however, olympic officials tell us it will be ready in time for competition. now the city, as i said, just crazy with excitement here and it is going to be a successful olympics from what we can tell by ticket sales. theyve sold a record number already, 1.6 mil...