Fernie Snow Conditions 2017 - 2018

[ferniesnow]

At the top of Summit Trail there was 10 cm and a little more the higher up one went. We found some places with 30 cm. The open places were hit with wind and the quiet trees were the best. We had a great day in the trees. Pictures to follow.

We took a page out of Maxwell's book today and played in some nice powdery meadows. So call me a "meadow muffin"...........

 

[AaronQ]

We took a page out of Maxwell's book today and played in some nice powdery meadows. So call me a "meadow muffin"...........
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Easy on the trees there Bunyan

 

[LUCKY 7]

-24 today. good day to stay home

 

[ferniesnow]

Easy on the trees there Bunyan

A guy has to doo what a guy has to doo!!

If it is any consolation, it was a dead one. So I laid it down for the insects to get at it more easily this summer. Always got to think ahead to protect the environment!

 

[AaronQ]

A guy has to doo what a guy has to doo!!

If it is any consolation, it was a dead one. So I laid it down for the insects to get at it more easily this summer. Always got to think ahead to protect the environment!

Atta boy! Gonna be another cold week down there it looks like eh.

 

[ferniesnow]

Atta boy! Gonna be another cold week down there it looks like eh.

Ya, I'm thinking that also. A little too cold for my ol' bones. The weather forecasts have been so screwed up that I am going to wait and see the actual temp at my house before I venture out again.

I am lucky I can do that and haven't got a holiday booked for mountain riding and then land here when it is below that -20 degree BS.

 

[Modman]

-24 today. good day to stay home

Yep! It was about -22C with the windchill yesterday and it was flippin cold when you came out of the trees!

RIP to the fellow who passed, glad he was doing something he loved.

 

[AaronQ]

Yep! It was about -22C with the windchill yesterday and it was flippin cold when you came out of the trees!

RIP to the fellow who passed, glad he was doing something he loved.

He had a jammer up on the mountain? Can't think of a much better place to go but not too nice of a time for his family. How old?

 

[bobsledder]

Easy on the trees there Bunyan

Geez, your gonna need to start carrying a cordless chainsaw��

 

[ferniesnow]

Geez, your gonna need to start carrying a cordless chainsaw��

It isn't that bad. The Stihl pruners work well. I was coming up out of drainage and really didn't have a choice. Sometimes chit happens when one rides the trees around the meadows!!

 

[LUCKY 7]

the weather network is calling for another -26 but feels like -35 tonight. Just pucken great

 

[ferniesnow]

A balmy -25 this morning in the upper Elk Valley. No wind in the valley bottom in Elkford but windy further south in Sparwood and Fernie.

 

[Old-Soul]

Oof sounds like here. -28 this AM.
Fingers crossed it warms up/snows a little before the weekend.

 

[ferniesnow]

Oof sounds like here. -28 this AM.
Fingers crossed it warms up/snows a little before the weekend.

Yes, I'm riding Friday and Saturday. Hoping it warms up and the forecaster is a little off.

 

[FernieHawk]

Still some good riding to be had out there. The Sunday riding temps were between -13 and -18, saw -21 on the drive home...warming to -14 arriving back in Fernie.

 

[ferniesnow]

Ah, one of the meadows in Zipper Mouth Creek!!

 

[AaronQ]

Ah, one of the meadows in Zipper Mouth Creek!!

Is that the place behind the ditches where you put the snitches?

 

[Old-Soul]

One day I'll make it past the ditches...

 

[FernieHawk]

Ah, one of the meadows in Zipper Mouth Creek!!

The meadows GPS coordinates are as follows...

The sunny side of the ridge top also has some really nice riding.

 

[ferniesnow]

The meadows GPS coordinates are as follows...

The sunny side of the ridge top also has some really nice riding.

Yes......There are even places through the trees that are sweet!