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Polar Lift Line

Double black Fernie, BC

Steepest pitch54°
Vertical800 ft
Length1,815 ft
Average pitch28°
FacesSE
Top6,882 ft

Polar Lift Line drops 800 vertical feet over 1,815 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 54° about 370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 100% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 119 named runs at Fernie. It faces southeast.

How well Polar Lift Line holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 28°, Polar Lift Line gets about 128% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's sunnier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th sunniest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 6,880 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.

Polar Lift Line profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Polar Lift Line 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.