Fernie Snow Conditions 2017 - 2018

[ferniesnow]

Another great breakfast coming up this morning.........PPL is a great place to stay in Fernie with a sweet pub, beer store, and close to amenities.

 

[takethebounce]

Another great breakfast coming up this morning.........PPL is a great place to stay in Fernie with a sweet pub, beer store, and close to amenities.

Was raining when I came through yesterday afternoon from the further Kootenays, hope you didn't have the inversions we were seeing.

 

[FernieHawk]

Great riding way south of Fernie yesterday...temps were between 0 and -2 ish...light snow. Found some great snow and none of the 4 of us hit anything significant.

The same cant be said for when we rode closer to Fernie. Snow was great closer in to Fernie, but the bottomless powder cost 3 lower Axys A-arms and one Ski-Doo 850 bulkhead.

Creamy good snow at the ski hill today and -3 at the top of the Timber chair...blowing snow.

 

[ferniesnow]

No more powder or at least none of the fluffy stuff. Snow is wet and getting heavy. Base making in progress. No carnage today nor were there any stumps. Decent riding today but one has to be deep in the trees and well off the beaten path.

Sorry, no pics today. Too busy riding. I guess I can share this one.........



Getting tired of sawing stumps and buried trees.

 

[LBZ]

Going out tomorrow or the next day Doug?

 

[BLUE PLATE]

Excellent day riding on Sunday, lots of untouched where we were.

 

[ferniesnow]

Going out tomorrow or the next day Doug?

Sent you a PM. I have a group of 5 with two rookies for the rest of the week and that is as large as I want the group to be. It is a chore keeping track of them.

 

[FernieHawk]

Excellent day riding on Sunday, lots of untouched where we were.

Was thinking of getting a NoBoard for the new cutblocks up Coal Creek. Haven’t snowboarded for 15-20 years. How is it? Are they ok in low angle slopes or do they work best in the steeps?

 

[ferniesnow]

It was a great day today. 30 cm of fresh at the Rolling Hills cabin by the end of the day. The snow is really settling (lots of whomphs) when you stop the sled(s). Wet, sticky snow and it will be a great base. Lots of stucks and hard work all day in the trees. Rookies have to remember to park downhill and go around the trees......

 

[LID]

Was thinking of getting a NoBoard for the new cutblocks up Coal Creek. Haven’t snowboarded for 15-20 years. How is it? Are they ok in low angle slopes or do they work best in the steeps?

Get yourself a good size board with a pow specific shape and you can have a great time on some pretty mellow slopes. Don’t just throw a noboard pad on any old board, try and find a Fish or something like that

 

[Scuba Steve]

A couple of us are heading to Fernie this weekend to ride. Can anyone confirm if Coal Creek staging is closed for logging again this year?

 

[sc800]

A couple of us are heading to Fernie this weekend to ride. Can anyone confirm if Coal Creek staging is closed for logging again this year?

It's open

 

[Tchetek]

Was thinking of getting a NoBoard for the new cutblocks up Coal Creek. Haven’t snowboarded for 15-20 years. How is it? Are they ok in low angle slopes or do they work best in the steeps?

My powder surfer is better with a good grade. But im still learning as it’s different than a snowboard. It’s gotta be pow, run out on some hard pack and I’m down! No edge.

 

[BLUE PLATE]

Was thinking of getting a NoBoard for the new cutblocks up Coal Creek. Haven’t snowboarded for 15-20 years. How is it? Are they ok in low angle slopes or do they work best in the steeps?

Don't mess around with getting a noboard pad for a snowboard. Snow boards are for snowboarding. If you are going to get a board get a powsurf bindingless specific board. Our crew all ride sharksnowsurf boards[google it]. High quality bamboo powsurf specific boards. I hung up my burton fish with a noboard pad on it 7 years ago now, been riding a pow surf board ever since. Night and day difference. As for terrain, mellow terrain is great to learn on but as you progress you can pretty much ride anything as long as the snow is good.

 

[ferniesnow]

Great snow again today. 50 cm on the trail up this morning. It was marvellous.

Played in some wind blown pillows today and it was deep.............

 

[The Kickass One]

General Area?

 

[ferniesnow]

General Area?

Kind sir, it was the Rolling Hills.

 

[ferniesnow]

The Flatlanders loved the open spaces yesterday.............

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_73ee5Kj1j4

 

[wideman12]

The Flatlanders loved the open spaces yesterday.............

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_73ee5Kj1j4

Snow looks awesome!

 

[Scuba Steve]

Conditions look great for the upcoming weekend. Thanks for the update ferniesnow, much appreciated.