Fernie has been recognized in Ski Canada Magazine’s Annual Best of Skiing in Canada Awards, published in the Winter 2008 issue of the magazine.

Fernie received the following accolades:
BEST POWDER – One of Canada’s Top 10 Ski Resorts for Powder!
BEST BAR – Fernie’s Griz Bar – Home of the infamous naked table slide and other worthy pursuits…
BEST PARTY – Kokanee Snow Dreams Party: Head for the deck and the suds, meet the Glacier Girls and compete for Best Sasquatch Mating Call and Best Ranger.
BEST TREE-HUGGERS’ TARGET– Last summer, crews worked to open up more glades on favourite spots like Snake Ridge and Siberia Ridge.
BEST IMAGINARY HIGHWAY – The Powder Highway is more a state of mind than a piece of asphalt. Hidden in the southeastern corner of the B.C. Kootenays and Rockies, it includes Fernie Alpine Resort and Island Lake Lodge and Powder Cowboy.