Fernie, BC

Fernie Alpine Resort

Powder, bowls. About 3 hr 15 from downtown.

Vertical and terrain are from each hill’s official stats page, checked October 20, 2026, unless marked approximate. Drive times are approximate. The official snow report is the record. Vertical, acres and bowls from skifernie.com. Opening December 5 per skifernie.com.

Fernie Alpine Resort — Photo by FJ48, CC BY-SA 4.0 licence

The hill

Drive from downtown (approx.)3 hr 15

KindDownhill

Vertical1,082 m vertical

Terrain2,500+ acres and five alpine bowls. Trees and groomers for every level.

Good forPowder, bowls

Park passNo park pass

Passes that workRCR Rockies Card, Epic (up to 7 RCR days)

Night skiingNot filed

Bus from CalgaryNot filed

2026-27 opening. December 5, conditions permitting. Dates move with the snow, so check the hill’s page.

Snow and roads

The official report is the record. We read it once a night, copy the numbers and link it. We never forecast it.

Official snow reportFernie conditions

Road reportDriveBC

Weather near the hillClear, 9°C, feels like 5°C, about 0 cm of snow in the next 3 daysOpen-Meteo weather model. Not a snow report.

Last checked by usOctober 20, 2026, against the official page

Official site

Calgarians who’ve been here

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Before and after the hill

Sports Rent Skis, boards and boots to rent for the day or the season, on sportsrent.ca. Every other shop is on our gear page. Gear and rentals
Après-ski Wings, ramen and a warm patio on the way back into town, on calgarymenu.com.

Ski-day reports

Dated two-line reports from Calgarians, labelled as member reports. None yet for this hill.

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