"All of which is why, last March, I pointed my skis toward Fernie Alpine Resort, which looms above the eponymous British Columbian town some 40 miles north of the Montana border. I'd long wanted to ski Fernie - one of eight resorts along B.C.'s famed Powder Highway - because it seemed to sit at that elusive intersection where big-mountain skiing meets authentic throwback vibe."
""What you want to do is take the Timber Bowl Express, cut left, ski those trees, then catch the White Pass chair to those bowls." This advice emanated from a guy (I never got his name) who was standing five feet away watching me, which isn't as weird as it sounds; we were two of the only people at the mountain base, on a beautiful morning with five inches of fresh snow on the ground."
Fernie Alpine Resort sits above the town of Fernie, British Columbia, about 40 miles north of the Montana border. The resort features 145 named runs across more than 2,500 acres and a 3,550-foot vertical drop. Fernie combines big-mountain terrain with a throwback, authentic ski-town vibe and is one of eight resorts on B.C.'s Powder Highway. Fresh snowfall and lightly crowded morning conditions invite tree runs and wide bowls. Local skiers offer route advice, and the mountain's serrated Lizard Range provides dramatic alpine scenery and varied terrain.
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