There are powder days in Fernie — and then there is Powder Tuesday.

Powder Tuesday isn’t hype, it’s a legend. It isn’t branding. It’s repetition.

For years, the biggest storms and deepest resets in Fernie have had a habit of landing on a Tuesday. It has happened often enough that it stopped being coincidence and became a name.

Locals call it Powder Tuesday.

Over the past four days, 54 centimetres of light, dry snow stacked up at Fernie Alpine Resort. Real Kootenay cold smoke.

Every line is rideable. Tight trees fill in. Speed is your best friend and face shots are common.

That’s Powder Tuesday.

And today was Tuesday.

When Fernie dumps, it’s epic. But when it dumps on a Tuesday, the valley leans in because history keeps reinforcing the pattern. Look back at the legendary days — the ones that live in stories — and Tuesday shows up again and again.

On a Powder Tuesday, the community energy is unmistakable.

The parking lots fill early. Lift lines hum with anticipation. Strangers grin at each other without introductions. Laughter drifts across the base area. The Griz Bar is a lot little louder.

Everyone feels it.

That’s how Powder Tuesday builds its reputation — not as a one-off storm, but as a recurring chapter in Fernie’s winter.

It happened again.

It was Tuesday.

And it dumped.

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