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Barely Legal

Double black Fernie, BC

Steepest pitch46°
Vertical665 ft
Length1,259 ft
Average pitch32°
FacesE
Top6,739 ft

Barely Legal drops 665 vertical feet over 1,259 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 46° about 500 feet below the top. That's steeper than 93% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 6th steepest of 119 named runs at Fernie. It faces east.

How well Barely Legal holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 32°, Barely Legal gets about 124% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's sunnier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th sunniest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 6,740 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.

Barely Legal profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Barely Legal 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.