Black diamond Fernie, BC
Currie Glades drops 686 vertical feet over 2,042 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 47° about 480 feet below the top. That's steeper than 100% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 119 named runs at Fernie. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 21°, Currie Glades gets about 78% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's shadier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 68th shadiest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 6,100 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.