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Dancer

Blue Fernie, BC

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical675 ft
Length3,012 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNE
Top5,238 ft

Dancer drops 675 vertical feet over 3,012 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 810 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 84th steepest of 119 named runs at Fernie. It faces northeast.

How well Dancer holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 13°, Dancer gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's shadier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 51st shadiest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 5,240 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.

Dancer profile

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

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Dancer 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.