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Secret Stash

Black diamond Fernie, BC

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical177 ft
Length683 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesE
Top5,673 ft

Secret Stash drops 177 vertical feet over 683 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 580 feet below the top. That's steeper than 72% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 74th steepest of 119 named runs at Fernie. It faces east.

How well Secret Stash holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 16°, Secret Stash gets about 112% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's sunnier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th sunniest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 5,670 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.

Secret Stash profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Secret Stash 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.