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Arrow

Blue Fernie, BC

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical708 ft
Length1,910 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesSE
Top5,535 ft

Arrow drops 708 vertical feet over 1,910 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 95% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 81st steepest of 119 named runs at Fernie. It faces southeast.

How well Arrow holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 22°, Arrow gets about 127% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's sunnier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th sunniest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 5,530 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Arrow profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Arrow 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.