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Ski Fernie

  

Ski Fernie to be in one of the fastest growing ski resorts in Canada. Over 100 wide and well-groomed pistes offers good skiing and snowboarding for all levels and incredible powder - and some really steep slopes.

Where

For Rockies holidays, ski Fernie in British Columbia and for less than a 5 hour drive from Calgary international airport you access great skiing and snowboarding with some amazing powder conditions. The ski resort area itself is about 3 miles from the town, making for simple transfers to the white stuff. The skiing and boarding are great for everyone from learners through to powder specialists, and the accommodation ranges from basic through to out and out luxury.

Essentials

Suitable For

Slopes

Resort Info Chart

RESORT ALTITUDE :

1065m

TOTAL PISTE :

220 km

LONGEST RUN :

5 km

START SEASON :

November

END SEASON :

April

OVERALL

Star rating

SKIING

Star rating

BOARDING

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APRÉS

Star rating

FAMILIES

Star rating

Beginners
23 / 22%
Intermediates
36 / 34%
Advanced
35 / 33%
Experts
12 / 11%

TOTAL RUNS :

112

SNOW CANNONS :

200 / 40ha

SNOW PARKS :

1

CROSS COUNTRY :

15 km


On the slopes

Ski Fernie and the terrain you'll find lends itself perfectly to off-piste powder skiing holidays thanks to the five alpine bowls. With well groomed pistes, a third of the ski trails are classes as green (easy) and they offer wide open spaces to practise your turns! There's a good terrain park and half-pipe for boarders and 14km of cross-country tracks. There's also good ski schools & private instruction.

You also need to think about your lift pass as you can buy one that enables you to ski or snowboard in the other Canadian Rockies Super Pass ski resorts Kimberley, Lake Louise, Mount Norquay, Panorama and Sunshine Village (Banff).

Off the slopes

With 9 good on-slope restaurants, the Fernie ski resort also has a complete range of eating places and some great bars with live music and dancing. Generally speaking for non-skiers and apres-ski Fernie is great. With a fitness centre, spa cinema and lots of outdoor activities like sleigh rides and dogsledding, the non skiers are well catered for This is a good family-friendly resort as well as offering superb skiing - no wonder it's constantly in the top 10 North America resorts.

WE LIKE

  • Good snow record, with less chance of rain than at Whistler (and less chance of Arctic temperatures than at resorts up in the Rockies)
  • Great terrain for those who like it steep and deep, with lots for confident intermediates too
  • Some good on-slope accommodation available

WE DON'T LIKE

  • Mountain resort is very limited - although what's there is pretty good
  • Still too many slow, old lifts which means queues and delays at busy times
  • Limited groomed cruising for timid or average intermediates


Tourist Office

Fernie Alpine Resort Tourist Office
5339 Ski Hill Road

Fernie V0B 1M6

Click here for website
Phone: +1 250 423-4655
Fax: +1 250 423-6644
Email them




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