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Lone Fir

Double black Fernie, BC

Steepest pitch46°
Vertical349 ft
Length596 ft
Average pitch37°
FacesNW
Top5,724 ft

Lone Fir drops 349 vertical feet over 596 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 46° about 40 feet below the top. That's steeper than 92% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 119 named runs at Fernie. It faces northwest.

How well Lone Fir holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northwest at an average 37°, Lone Fir gets about 50% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's shadier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th shadiest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 5,720 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.

Lone Fir profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lone Fir 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.