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Highline

Blue Fernie, BC

Steepest pitch36°
Vertical1,034 ft
Length3,812 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesE
Top6,087 ft

Highline drops 1,034 vertical feet over 3,812 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 940 feet below the top. That's steeper than 100% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 48th steepest of 119 named runs at Fernie. It faces east.

How well Highline holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 17°, Highline gets about 107% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's sunnier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 32nd sunniest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 6,090 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.

Highline profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Highline 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.