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Hot Chocolate

Blue Fernie, BC

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical282 ft
Length2,351 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesNE
Top5,958 ft

Hot Chocolate drops 282 vertical feet over 2,351 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 660 feet below the top. That's steeper than 31% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 114th steepest of 119 named runs at Fernie. It faces northeast.

How well Hot Chocolate holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 7°, Hot Chocolate gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's sunnier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 53rd sunniest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 5,960 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.

Hot Chocolate profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Hot Chocolate 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.