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Anaconda Glades

Double black Fernie, BC

Steepest pitch44°
Vertical399 ft
Length940 ft
Average pitch27°
FacesNW
Top5,641 ft

Anaconda Glades drops 399 vertical feet over 940 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 44° about 100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 119 named runs at Fernie. It faces northwest.

How well Anaconda Glades holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northwest at an average 27°, Anaconda Glades gets about 52% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's shadier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th shadiest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 5,640 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Anaconda Glades profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Anaconda Glades elsewhere

Nearby at Fernie

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter lidar from Natural Resources Canada. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.