December 20, 2024 Fernie: A Winter Wonderland with 339 cm of Snow and Counting Fernie has done it again — it’s a Winter wonderland with 339 cm (over 11 feet!) of snow and the […] Read more
December 03, 2024 State of the Snowpack Series is Coming to Fernie Community conversations will be enhancing backcountry safety in Fernie with the State Of The Snowpack series. Each winter, our snowpack […] Read more
March 14, 2024 Fernie Search and Rescue Rescues Skiers Fernie Search and Rescue has been busy recently with two calls to rescue skiers from Fernie’s backcountry. Read more
January 10, 2024 Arctic Chill Set to Freeze Fernie Fernie residents have enjoyed a relatively mild winter so far, but it’s time to brace for the arrival of an Arctic chill set to freeze Fernie. Read more
February 17, 2023 Avalanche Canada recommends 5 Good Travel Habits If you’re heading into the backcountry this long weekend, be sure to use good travel habits. Read more
December 30, 2022 Dropping into powder at FWA! FWA is Fernie Wilderness Adventures, Fernie’s locals favourite snowcat operation. FWA delivers powder in abundance and if your searching for […] Read more
December 11, 2022 Three Avalanches in Fernie Backcountry Three separate skier activated avalanche incidents happened in Fernie’s backcountry this past weekend. Fortunately everyone survived however one person was […] Read more
December 08, 2022 Snowfall Warning for Fernie Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for Fernie and the Elk Valley. Storm after storm has blessed Fernie with […] Read more
June 23, 2022 FWA Backcountry Lodge for rent Fernie Wilderness Adventures (FWA) is now offering private rentals at their remote backcountry lodge. FWA’s private lodge rental is a […] Read more
June 15, 2022 Bike Race consumes Search and Rescue Local Search and Rescue volunteers have been consumed with rescuing cyclists from the Tour Divide race these last few days. […] Read more
June 15, 2022 Excellence Award for Tourism Promotion and Development Presented The Fernie Snowmobile Association was honoured to present Tourism Fernie and the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Area A […] Read more