Greetings Masters Skiers! I apologize for the delay in getting this information out, but the early start to the season caught me a little off guard! I just wanted to, once again, thank everyone who filled out the survey. It has been instrumental in our planning for the season.
We are going to have a Masters group with a variety of offerings this season. You can join as a group member for the very low cost of $30. You must be a member of the Fernie Nordic Society to join.
Other locations where one can ski in the Fernie area are listed below. Please note that these trails are dog-friendly and operated by other organizations.
Fernie Alpine Resort
All trails were groomed on Tuesday morning. No new trackset.
Off-leash dogs are now allowed on the trails if they are still under ‘vocal control’. A map and directions to trails are found here The FAR snow report is here
Fernie Dyke and City Trails
The backcountry trail was groomed on Tuesday morning. The dyke is groomed regularly when snow conditions are good.
It is a multi-use trail for walking, snowshoeing, snow biking and skiing with your dog. Additionally the dyke from the north bridge to the boat launch will be groomed and trackset after a sufficient new snow fall. Level of difficulty: Easy
Montane
The nordic trails were groomed on Sunday. The trails are snowcat groomed daily when conditions allow. Access to the trails is from the trailhead.
Find map and directions to trails here . Grooming updates may be found here .
Anyone may send text updates to 250-430-2719 at any time.
Last weekend was a busy one at the Nordic Centre. A dozen volunteers were on hand on a rainy Saturday and on Sunday morning with a long to-do list of tasks. Fantastic work by all and with no incident … Nice!
Among the many things done, we got the stadium gully by the Cedars houses and lower kiosk area cleared out so that the snowcat can get through more easily for grooming and snow harvesting. Out on the trails, we cleared many of the favourite snow harvesting spots out to the Teck Bridge and then up along the Runt to the Grunt top.
One team worked to get lots of fire wood split, filling the wood shed to the top. Another team had the cable and lights hung up all around the stadium area. In addition we did an overall tidying up of logs around the stadium and a cleanup/sorting of supplies in the Warming Hut.
The Fernie Nordic Society wishes to thank Mark C. for doing the repairs to the roof of the hut damaged by a falling tree recently. And another Thank You! to Alisha who organized the snacks and refreshments for the occasion.
Now it is up to Mother Nature to send us loads of snow!
