Fernie Snow Conditions 2017 - 2018

[ThrottleOps]

Ended 2018 with a chilly but sunny ride today! On a side note if anyone is missing some sunglasses from the rolling hills cabin inbox me!

 

[Old-Soul]

^ hard to follow that but here's a couple from this weekend

 

[ThrottleOps]

Another good day in Fernie (sorry for the cell phone pics)

 

[ThrottleOps]

Fixed

 

[ThrottleOps]

Beautiful day in the trees today, the trail down was atrocious though! A groom would of been nice after yesterday's traffic

 

[ferniesnow]

You know what they say, "rain in the valley, snow up top!"





Probed 180-195 cm today in some quiet trees (not wind blown) in the Rolling Hills. The base has come along and the hazards have mostly disappeared. I did not ride in any of the burned areas and I would assume there are still stumps/rocks in the open wind blown areas. Lots of riders but we only saw traffic at the cabin.

 

[snopro]

Hey Doug are guys still coming in from the east? How are they getting trailers to Fernie in 120+km winds?

 

[LBZ]

Hey Doug are guys still coming in from the east? How are they getting trailers to Fernie in 120+km winds?

Some of them may not be. Saw a 1 ton Ford with a couple sleds on the deck heading south on 2 by okotoks and it looked dicey. The old CRV was getting thrown around pretty good. Some carnage on hwy 22 south of the old man river too.

Winds surprisingly went down to normal levels once I hit hwy 3.

 

[snopro]

Some of them may not be. Saw a 1 ton Ford with a couple sleds on the deck heading south on 2 by okotoks and it looked dicey. The old CRV was getting thrown around pretty good. Some carnage on hwy 22 south of the old man river too.

Winds surprisingly went down to normal levels once I hit hwy 3.

Thanks. Yeah these winds are crazy the past week. Saw a video of a freight truck stopped on a highway somewhere down there and it just started leaning and then blew over. A lot more weight than a enclosed sled trailer is to.

 

[ferniesnow]

Hey Doug are guys still coming in from the east? How are they getting trailers to Fernie in 120+km winds?

There were trailers (all sizes with the sweet Red/White plates) in the lot yesterday. Met your buddy Donnie Anderson yesterday and he had a 4 place in there. He told me a funny story (one of many). He has a picture of the wind monitoring sign on #22, blown over and laying on the ground. It read 181 kmh.

 

[LUCKY 7]

my son went back to Calgary yesterday and went up #22 and had no problems. Saw a few trailers in the ditch and a bit of roofing material blown wrapped around some fencing.

 

[Hirmkin]

Anybody know if you can stage at coal creek road yet?

 

[FernieHawk]

Anybody know if you can stage at coal creek road yet?

No. Still lots of logging going on. Listened to the road radio yesterday.

 

[AxysAssault]

Last year I towed a fourplace down 22 with my EcoBoost and it only said 121kmh wind speed.
Running on fumes by the time I hit the pass.

Needless to say I traded up for a diesel.
EcoBoost is great on fuel totally empty doing 100 downhill.

 

[AaronQ]

No. Still lots of logging going on. Listened to the road radio yesterday.

Can't park yet on the pavement and sneak in past the yellow gates yet your saying?

 

[Old-Soul]

No staging at Coal Creek.

 

[Doo2015]

Hows the fernie snow?

 

[AaronQ]

No staging at Coal Creek.

Well that's unfortunate. Can you stage further down by Corbin to save driving all the way to Fernie if we stay with our buddy in blaremore?

 

[LUCKY 7]

Great day sledding. FSA is doing an amazing job grooming. Lots of blue sky today and awesome people to sled with. Nice to see a few s&m members. Sc800, ferniresnow.

 

[MK4TDI]

Great day sledding. FSA is doing an amazing job grooming. Lots of blue sky today and awesome people to sled with. Nice to see a few s&m members. Sc800, ferniresnow. //uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190106/36582386c706d1e3a5903a4d38a517e2.jpg

Looks like a beauty day for sure. What area is that in the last 2 pictures ? I dont quite recognize it.. must be in the notch area?