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Wallaby

Blue Fernie, BC

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical406 ft
Length1,162 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesE
Top4,307 ft

Wallaby drops 406 vertical feet over 1,162 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 550 feet below the top. That's steeper than 86% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 90th steepest of 119 named runs at Fernie. It faces east.

How well Wallaby holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 21°, Wallaby gets about 112% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's sunnier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 28th sunniest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 4,310 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.

Wallaby profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Wallaby 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.