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Weasel

Blue Fernie, BC

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical516 ft
Length1,809 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesE
Top5,535 ft

Weasel drops 516 vertical feet over 1,809 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,440 feet below the top. That's steeper than 95% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 83rd steepest of 119 named runs at Fernie. It faces east.

How well Weasel holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 17°, Weasel gets about 93% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's sunnier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 45th sunniest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 5,530 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Weasel profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Weasel 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.