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Currie Powder

Blue Fernie, BC

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical1,187 ft
Length4,749 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesNE
Top6,280 ft

Currie Powder drops 1,187 vertical feet over 4,749 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 2,470 feet below the top. That's steeper than 98% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 73rd steepest of 119 named runs at Fernie. It faces northeast.

How well Currie Powder holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 15°, Currie Powder gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's shadier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 61st shadiest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 6,280 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Currie Powder profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Currie Powder 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.