Fernie Winter 2016-2017

[firecatab]

Awesome day yesterday good snow and a couple of stucks. Just waiting today for the roads to open so we can make our way back home.

 

[Chump]

Roads are closed... seems like a good excuse to continue sledding!

 

[wideman12]

Might as well ride if you can. Drive BC still says no expected time of reopening yet. Guessing that's not great news if your sitting waiting for road reopening.
Drive and ride safe. Roads home last night were pretty bad.


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[AxysAssault]

Yea I was hoping they would close Saturday Eve! Haha.

 

[wideman12]

Yea I was hoping they would close Saturday Eve! Haha.

Yeah wish I could have gotten out there sat eve as I missed getting through by about 4 hours!
Oh well. Hopefully the pow lasts for a while!


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[ferniesnow]

The snow is deep and the avi report for today and tomorrow is Extreme/Extreme/High in the South Rockies. Lots of slabs yesterday in the steeper trees with cracks and propagation. The new snow needs some time to bond and settle before going full bore in areas other than the safe areas.

Ride safe and keep buddies close for safety purposes.

Tried a picture (a Trudeau-type selfie) with the big camera. I was standing on an old track and the fresh snow is above the Klim symbol on the leg of my bibs. Easily, 60 cm and that was before lunch yesterday.

 

[sledhead5000]

Castle today.. Stuck city 4 km from the parking lot.

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[bayman]

https://uploads.tapatalk You took the bike? Sled busted?

 

[sledhead5000]

Adam was on the bike. Got both stuck many times

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[ferniesnow]

Adam was on the bike. Got both stuck many times

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Heard from a very reliable source that it is the max or over the max for the bikes until some settling occurs. Don't know myself as I don't ride bikes but a good buddy (an extreme rider) who was parked beside me made the statement yesterday.

 

[sledhead5000]

Yeah I'd agree with that... The airbox on this was lasting 3 min or less between Clean outs and the bike was poaching sled tracks for the most part today

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[ferniesnow]

Poached this picture from Polarishighlifter who came out with some buddies to ride the legendary Fernie pow. This is the new (lower ) parking lot at Morrissey today. They had a ball, weren't disappointed, and have never ridden in snow this deep.

 

[PolarisHighlifter]

What did want to post both atleast lol just kidding yah it was sweet

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[ferniesnow]

Sorry wasn't thinking! It is a pain to get them from my phone to the computer but I'll jump all over that right now!

 

[ferniesnow]

This is actually a better picture! PolarisHighlifter shows the excitement and I can tell he is like a kid in the Nanton Candy Store....................

 

[catrutt]

I was trapped in Fernie for three crazy good days . Best snow I have ridden for years . Who says you don't need a 174. A big shout out to staff at park place they were very busy and all very nice.

 

[weeksy]

Yes it was sweet!

 

[struglin]

Conditions are the best I've seen in about 4 years right now



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[ARCTIC FOZZY]

Well I've got some good news and some bad news. We destroyed the pipeline today from Corbin to the cabin. It's not going to be fun to ride on when it sets up. Lol. Good news is that the snow was so deep we were not able to get into much of the open fields. So they are all yours. Best snow I have seen in a lot of years. Happy sledding.

 

[AxysAssault]

Will be there on Friday or Saturday!!!