Black diamond Fernie, BC
China Wall drops 205 vertical feet over 481 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 420 feet below the top. That's steeper than 53% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 81st steepest of 119 named runs at Fernie. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 25°, China Wall gets about 100% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's sunnier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 38th sunniest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 4,690 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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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.