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Three Sisters – Fairy Creek Meadows

paddy — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:37:32 +0000

Ten of us took a Helicopter ride into the Three Sisters for a day of ski touring. Landed at 2208 meters in Fairy Creek Meadows and did our snow evaluations before our first descent. Snowpack is 3.0 meters at 2200 meters elevation and has two surface hoar layers in the top 30 cm. We [...]

Hosmer Mountain – Ghostrider Slopes

paddy — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:03:00 +0000

Group of eight of us made some nice turns today under the Ghostrider Peak on Hosmer Mtn. The clear-cuts below the cliffs are pleasant 20 to 30 degree slopes and the alpine just below the rocks increases to 35 degrees. Snowpack is highly variable between 1.5 meters down to .5 meter on [...]

Annual General Meeting

admin — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:02:35 +0000

This is an announcement for the Fernie Trails and Ski Touring Club’s Annual General Meeting.

The meeting will be held at Freshies Coffee shop on Thursday March 1st @ 7PM.

Freshies is located at 632 2nd Avenue in Fernie’s Historic Downtown.

Tunnel Creek Avalanche Report Feb 8 2012

DougKoran — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:22:15 +0000

Gord and Dave have been busy doing field observations for the Canadian Avalanche Association. The have graciously forwarded their reports and findings for posting on Fernie Trails. Thanks guys!

Had a good look at this avalanche today - cornice triggered Na 12-02-05 0500 +/- 12hrs . - E asp 2050m – 1750m - 350m [...]

Thunder Meadows Feb 4 2012

DougKoran — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:33:57 +0000

Four of us started by utilizing the new Polar Peak lift, and going through the beacon gate into Polaris Bowl. We had epic conditions all the way down to easy street. As we go into uphill mode at the bottom of Easy Street and had a thorough discussion about conditions and the [...]

Thunder Meadows Avalanche

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:15:16 +0000

On Friday Thunder Meadows experienced the natural avalanche pattern that was observed across Southern BC. The avalanche path crossed just beyond the top of Easy Street, a popular route to the Thunder Meadows Cabin. Easy Street is considered by many to be a shooting gallery during higher avalanche conditions because of potential cornice falls [...]

Ski Touring at Island Lake in April

paddy — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:26:36 +0000

Island Lake Lodge, long heralded as a premiere backcountry lodge and catskiing destination, will now be offering guided ski touring as well. Guests will be transported by snow cat into the mountains where they can enjoy touring 7,000 acres of Island Lake property.

The terrain, which includes alpine bowls, gladed trees and an [...]

Tunnel Creek Snow Conditions

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:18:07 +0000

Beautiful day today – 25 new up high – avg 140 HS at the cabin, 190 at the ridge

skied well – was a temp crust below the new snow but smooth and pleasant

Dec 11 surface hoar 90 cm down at 1900m – unreactive in compression test N aspect

rain crust on the [...]

Thunder Meadows Access and Ski Terrain

paddy — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:00:58 +0000

Route up to Thunder Meadows has a shallow snowpack right now (December 23-2011). After leaving Island Lake Road (5 km from parking area) it is best to ascend Thirstquencher Bowl for the first half of the climb and then cross over into Cabin Bowl just before the cliff bands start. It will be difficult [...]

Thunder Meadows Hut on December 11th

paddy — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:46:16 +0000

On Sunday eight of us ski toured to Thunder Meadows Hut from the White Pass Chair at Fernie Alpine Resort. We figured it was best to start high and avoid climbing up the shallow snowpack and thick alder bush that makes getting over the headwall into Cabin Bowl a tough challenge this time of [...]