Fernie Alpine Resort

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Fernie Alpine Resort
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Fernie Alpine Resort
Fernie Alpine Resort (Canada)
Location British Columbia, Canada
Nearest major city Fernie
Coordinates 49°27′45″N115°05′13″W / 49.46250°N 115.08694°W / 49.46250; -115.08694
StatusOperating
Owner Resorts of the Canadian Rockies
Vertical1,082 m (3,550 ft)
Top elevation2,149 m (7,051 ft)
Base elevation1,068 m (3,504 ft)
Skiable area2,500 acres (10.1 km2)
Trails 142
Longest run5 km
Lift system 7 chairlifts
3 surface lifts
Website skifernie.com

Fernie Alpine Resort is a ski resort, located on Lizard Range, near the town of Fernie, British Columbia in Canada. The resort also operates a mountain bike park, hiking, guided hikes, and sightseeing in the summer months.

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The resort has 10 lifts servicing 142 named runs, 5 alpine bowls, and tree skiing with a vertical drop of 1,082 meters (3,550 ft). [1] The resort has over 10.1 square kilometres (2,500 acres) of skiable terrain. The average annual snowfall is 875 centimetres (28.71 ft).

Fernie Alpine Resort is owned by the Resorts of the Canadian Rockies, which also owns ski areas Kimberley Alpine Resort, Kicking Horse Resort, Nakiska, Mont Sainte-Anne, and Stoneham.

History

Fernie Alpine Resort was originally called "Fernie Snow Valley" [2] before being sold in 1997 to RCR (Resort of the Canadian Rockies). RCR saw some financial trouble under its owner, Charlie Locke, and after a period in bankruptcy protection, was bailed out by Alberta billionaire N. Murray Edwards.

During spring 2009, Fernie Alpine Resort was transformed into the fictional Kodiak Valley ski resort, ca. 1986, for exterior location shots of the Hollywood film Hot Tub Time Machine . The film was released in March 2010. [3]

Bowls

Fernie Alpine Resort has five bowls along the Lizard Range. Siberia Bowl, Cedar Bowl, Timber Bowl, Currie Bowl, and the Lizard bowl.

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References

  1. Snowcomparison Fernie Alpine Vertical drop
  2. Bethel, Greig (8 March 2001). "Powder Trip". SEE Magazine (379). Archived from the original on 2011-09-27.
  3. Cusack, John; Duke, Clark; Robinson, Craig; Corddry, Rob (2010-03-26), Hot Tub Time Machine , retrieved 2017-05-02