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Lizard

Blue Fernie, BC

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical932 ft
Length4,710 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesE
Top4,459 ft

Lizard drops 932 vertical feet over 4,710 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 2,210 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 100th steepest of 119 named runs at Fernie. It faces east.

How well Lizard holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 12°, Lizard gets about 111% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 29th sunniest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 4,460 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.

Lizard profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lizard 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.