With the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler and Vancouver just over a week away, most of the athletes have already flown in to the region for acclimatization and final preparations.

Snow conditions are varied across the venues as the region has had very heavy precipitation over the first two months of the season. Whistler has reported around 10 metres of snowfall over the last 10 weeks, but rain has been falling at Cypress Mountain, venue for the freestyle and snowboarding events.

Maintaining the half pipe and other snow slopes has been particularly difficult with teams working 24 hours a day and measures including covering snow with straw and other protection and helicoptering in loads of fresh snow from higher up the mountain among measures taken.

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