Green Fernie, BC
Elk drops 969 vertical feet over 4,522 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 2,590 feet below the top. That's steeper than 87% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 111th steepest of 119 named runs at Fernie. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 12°, Elk gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's shadier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 71st shadiest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 4,500 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.