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Crusty

Double black Fernie, BC

Steepest pitch35°
Vertical388 ft
Length1,006 ft
Average pitch24°
FacesE
Top6,718 ft

Crusty drops 388 vertical feet over 1,006 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 580 feet below the top. That's steeper than 44% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 61st steepest of 119 named runs at Fernie. It faces east.

How well Crusty holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 24°, Crusty gets about 121% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's sunnier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th sunniest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 6,720 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.

Crusty profile

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

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Crusty 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.