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Silver Fox

Blue Fernie, BC

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical625 ft
Length2,762 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNE
Top4,198 ft

Silver Fox drops 625 vertical feet over 2,762 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 480 feet below the top. That's steeper than 57% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 104th steepest of 119 named runs at Fernie. It faces northeast.

How well Silver Fox holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 13°, Silver Fox gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's shadier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 48th shadiest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 4,200 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.

Silver Fox profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Silver Fox 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.