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Morning Glory

Black diamond Fernie, BC

Steepest pitch33°
Vertical539 ft
Length1,922 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesSE
Top5,741 ft

Morning Glory drops 539 vertical feet over 1,922 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 970 feet below the top. That's steeper than 76% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 69th steepest of 119 named runs at Fernie. It faces southeast.

How well Morning Glory holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 17°, Morning Glory gets about 114% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's sunnier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th sunniest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 5,740 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.

Morning Glory profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Morning Glory 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.