You'd have to hear straight from the mouths of the riders, but the Cypress pipe appears to be in far better shape than it was just a few days ago. Probably the combination of a short dry spell (and by short I mean 24 hours or so) and some good ol' fashioned elbow grease from the hard working groomers and snow farmers trying to keep it all together. Add to that a slight dip in the mercury up here and things are looking better all the time. We still have a couple days to go before any pipe competiton gets underway so let's not get carried away. Bad news is, and this depends on who you talk to, there's a good chance of, yes, you got it, more rain in the forecast for Cypress Mountain.

Below are some shots of Monday evening's training session and comments riders had to say through Twitter following it. Enjoy. —Dean Seguin

http://twitter.com/scottylago
Pipe was better today except the right wall was way too verty and the flat bottom was mush didn't stop @Shaun_white haha

http://twitter.com/HannahTeter
First day of Halfpipe practice in Vancouver. The pipe is in rough shape. Hopefully they can get it together.

http://twitter.com/JeffBatch
Have you ever heard that saying..."oh well, it's the same for everyone"...? - gnarly day at the pipe; pipe-slipping disasters

Practice was sick! Despite the bomb holes and ruts in both walls, I actually managed to boost!

http://twitter.com/louievito
@gregbretzz took a lil slam tonight but all good. May have a lil shiner tomorrow. http://tweetphoto.com/11548237

Practice was better today but so mushy in the flat bottom. Got a lil more done than yesterday but maybe a lil cold turkey for the contest??