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Tower 6 Trail

Green Fernie, BC

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical1,070 ft
Length7,250 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesE
Top5,529 ft

Tower 6 Trail drops 1,070 vertical feet over 7,250 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 6,260 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 103rd steepest of 119 named runs at Fernie. It faces east.

How well Tower 6 Trail holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 9°, Tower 6 Trail gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's sunnier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 52nd sunniest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 5,530 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Tower 6 Trail profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Tower 6 Trail 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.