Fernie Snow Conditions 2017 - 2018

[cdnredneck_t3]

They have to put the snow back on the road and sort of "sift it" for debris so that the tiller doesn't get screwed up. A slow process. No date yet on when they will be finished logging.

Hey Doug, are they done for the year? Were they logging in the Matheson or up Paige's?

 

[ferniesnow]

Brandon, the last I heard, they were moving equipment down from Paiges (Coal/Leach) to Matheson. The last info I got was from Heather, one of the trail pass vendors, and there was no definitive date for the opening of Coal Creek.

 

[AaronQ]

Brandon, the last I heard, they were moving equipment down from Paiges (Coal/Leach) to Matheson. The last info I got was from Heather, one of the trail pass vendors, and there was no definitive date for the opening of Coal Creek.

So is the club going to be grooming up the logging road from that end? We're talking at the yellow gates?

 

[ferniesnow]

So is the club going to be grooming up the logging road from that end? We're talking at the yellow gates?

Aaron, I don't know about grooming the FSR from the Yellow Gates. I was talking about Coal Creek.

 

[hevy_chevy67]

How's the snow looking? Likely coming up for a day this weekend.

 

[cdnredneck_t3]

Brandon, the last I heard, they were moving equipment down from Paiges (Coal/Leach) to Matheson. The last info I got was from Heather, one of the trail pass vendors, and there was no definitive date for the opening of Coal Creek.

Thanks Doug. Will be interesting to see what they changed again.

 

[BLUE PLATE]

Brandon, the last I heard, they were moving equipment down from Paiges (Coal/Leach) to Matheson. The last info I got was from Heather, one of the trail pass vendors, and there was no definitive date for the opening of Coal Creek.

Logging was finished in matheson over a month ago. They cut a lot down. I was in there a week ago. All the logging equipment has been moved up in behind ridgemont. They are done up on Martin/leach as well.

 

[ferniesnow]

Logging was finished in matheson over a month ago. They cut a lot down. I was in there a week ago. All the logging equipment has been moved up in behind ridgemont. They are done up on Martin/leach as well.

Nice. Thanks for the up-dated information. Is the FSA working on getting the snow back on the road? Maybe they are waiting for Mother Nature to cover the dirt!

 

[BLUE PLATE]

Nice. Thanks for the up-dated information. Is the FSA working on getting the snow back on the road? Maybe they are waiting for Mother Nature to cover the dirt!

From what I heard Foothills had a dozer moving snow back onto the road last week.

 

[LUCKY 7]

anyone out in the past few days? i didn't see alot of rigs coming into fernie today

 

[AaronQ]

anyone out in the past few days? i didn't see alot of rigs coming into fernie today

Snuck down for the day today and road with some buddies staying in town for a bachelor party.
I was pleasantly surprised at the conditions to be honest with how little snow has been forecast and how cold it's been. We dropped over what if I remember right was the blueberry pass and road trees there and over the west side of the pass and it was really nice. Bout a foot to 18 inches of fresh snow. More in the bush. We ventured pretty careful into a handful of cut blocks. The older more established blocks weren't to bad there was the odd stump sticking up here and there. Definitely not somewhere to go full ham in but another reload and they'd be alright. If it's 20 below the rest of the weekend I wouldn't have stayed riding but if it had been mild temps in the forecast we might have stuck around.

 

[ferniesnow]

Snuck down for the day today and road with some buddies staying in town for a bachelor party.
I was pleasantly surprised at the conditions to be honest with how little snow has been forecast and how cold it's been. We dropped over what if I remember right was the blueberry pass and road trees there and over the west side of the pass and it was really nice. Bout a foot to 18 inches of fresh snow. More in the bush. We ventured pretty careful into a handful of cut blocks. The older more established blocks weren't to bad there was the odd stump sticking up here and there. Definitely not somewhere to go full ham in but another reload and they'd be alright. If it's 20 below the rest of the weekend I wouldn't have stayed riding but if it had been mild temps in the forecast we might have stuck around.

Yes, it has been cold. I'm glad you found some decent snow. We will have to get together sometime this winter.

 

[AaronQ]

Yes, it has been cold. I'm glad you found some decent snow. We will have to get together sometime this winter.

Yup hopefully it warms up here. Try and talk dad into going for a ride maybe when he's back in April!
Anybody get out this weekend?

 

[Old-Soul]

Hoping to head out that way this weekend.

 

[ferniesnow]

Looking at going for a look see on Wednesday/Thursday. Supposed to be warmer.

See if any of my honey holes have some untracked. Not a lot of fresh has fallen since I was last out so I'm thinking it might be well rode out.

 

[tater]

Looks like good dump coming that way overnight and tomorrow. End of week should be good

 

[psychosledder]

Fernie sucks , I won’t even waste my time there anymore . Too many people boring terrain

 

[papajake]

Sorry that won’t work we are all going to ride fernie and track all the snow

 

[FernieHawk]

So far around 15cm overnight and still snowing. -15 celcius...wind from the East...heading out in a couple of hours to check things out.

 

[Old-Soul]

Ya'll should just stay home till I get a chance to head up