FWA is Fernie Wilderness Adventures, Fernie’s locals favourite snowcat operation. FWA delivers powder in abundance and if your searching for […]

Fernie’s ski season opening day was December 3rd and the stoke was high, the powder was deep and the snow […]

Fernie’s current snowpack sits at a 30 year average and the long range forecast suggests that La Niña plans to […]

Saturdays opening was another classic as a major storm moved in late Friday and delivered a powder filled day. Regardless […]

We should anticipate Fernie Factor potential with this front, the 20cm rule could be enacted for several days.

The snow was a creamy 20cm’s on top of a dense base. Fresh tracks were plentiful and with decent stability, all five bowls were opened.

The Fernie Factor escalates Fernie more than any other weather phenomenon. The hum of the town quickens, smiles abound and […]

This is the Fernie we’ve come to love and lured us here to the Lizard Range in the lower right hand corner. 44cm in the last 24 hours!

Alpine Skiers and snowboarders however were in a different state, they created a powder frenzy similar to a school of Piranha in the Amazon river feeding on a fresh carcass.

At the end of the day you will have experienced and average of ten runs and anywhere up to 15,000 vertical feet of untracked powder on perfectly gladed terrain.

Fernie is a ski town and most of us have moved here to ski or board—so this is always a special day in Fernie.

The Avalanche Canada danger rating for the Lizard Range and South Rockies this weekend will be considerable and human caused avalanches are likely.