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Resort of the Year* - Fernie, BC?
December 30, 2005 |
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Fernie: Home of Legendary Powder
Fernie is about snow and terrain – what skiing is all about! With
more than 29 feet of light, luxurious powder to cover 2,504 acres of
skiable terrain in the Canadian Rockies, Fernie Alpine Resort is a
skier and boarder’s powder heaven.
With five vast alpine bowls, innumerable
glades and chutes and 107 defined trails,
Fernie
is uniquely suited to take full advantage of its abundance of snow.
A great place but how can Fernie be Resort
of the Year?
The Good Skiing & Snowboarding Guide 2004
voted Fernie Alpine Resort the North American “Resort of the Year”
in the annual Golden Ski Awards 2004. This is the largest selling
English-language ski guide in the world providing an annual “warts
and all” guide to 700 resorts worldwide. The book, now in its
eleventh year, is published by Which? Books in the U.K. and is
regarded as the ‘bible’ of the ski industry in Britain and Europe.
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Ski conditions excellent
I have copied here a first-hand report from
Craig's
Unofficial
Fernie Alpine Resort Page.
You can view the entire
report with photos at:
http://far.redtree.com/cgmrep.html.
Jay's Report - December 29, 2005
The hill reported 6 cm over night. It was certainly that. The snow
fell clear to the valley, making it white once again. More important
though, the Griz gave the signal that all is well. It wasn’t a
traditional Fernie dump but it was enough to cause a heightened
state of awareness for many, including me. I guess it doesn’t take
much these days. After a sufficient number of suffering days of no
snow, 6 cm is less than I hoped for but the effect was more than I
expected. One of the few cases where less is more I suppose, to coin
a cliche. We’ve had more than 6 cm in the last few days, but I’ve
missed a couple of days of skiing so my suffering has been
prolonged. In any event, it’s amazing how intoxicating 6 cm of fresh
can be to the powder deprived. 6 cm! I saw more skiers powering off
cliffs in a state of hysteria than I have in ages. Moods improved,
lift conversation was positive, less ice, great coverage, dog didn’t
get kicked, better marital relations. What can I say?
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For starters, the fresh was only up to about my bindings on Kodiak,
but it was clean, fresh and turny. Boomerang was sufficiently
covered to make it equally carvy. I spent most of the day on the
Timber/Currie bowl side today. The Steep Three: Corner Pocket, Upper
Saddle and Lower Saddle all had challenging entry lines, but once on
the runs proper, beautiful things happened. Lone Fir also had an
entry line which suggested some fore thought and planning, but once
you flew past the fir tree (as I did, missing my turn on steep ice),
upper Easter was grand and rewarding. Good to be alive. The thing
about Lone Fir is how many times I’ve had a near miss there.
Shakey’s Acres was good for all today as was Surprize. Decline was
also surprisingly covered. The wind must have blown more than 6 cm
in because it seemed deeper there. Of course, it was the end of the
day by then and my perceptive skills turn male as my judgement fades
with my legs near the end of the day.
I heard tell of an avalanche in the Cedar Bowl today that crossed
the cat walk to Snake Ridge. Spectators reported that the hill
responded instantly with a team of patrollers, avalanche search and
rescue volunteers and 3 avalanche dogs. As a precaution, the team
commenced a probing line and interviewed onlookers before
determining that no one had been caught in the slide. Scary stuff,
but there were no injuries and the response team was reportedly
impressive and obviously well practiced. It’s rare that an avalanche
occurs in bounds. I’ve only seen it a few times in almost 15 years
of Fernie skiing.
At 11 pm it’s 2 below at the house. Forecast is for cooler
temperatures and snow later in the week. Don’t know what I’ll do if
we get more than 6 cm. Someone will have to hold me back. Either
that or kick start me the way my legs feel at the moment.
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My entire team and I hope that you have had a
very Merry Christmas and would like to wish you a Happy
and Prosperous New Year!
Sincerely,
Hugh Tafel - founder
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