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Unofficial Fernie Report - 2006/12/15

Craig's Report - December 15, 2006

The boot deep snow in the driveway this morning promised great things as my daughter (school free Friday) and I trudged up to the hill this morning. True it was the wet snowball packing stuff, but it seemed likely that it would be deeper and lighter up on the hill. Indeed it was and the luscious powder turns available in uncut snow were of very high quality. The fly in the ointment was that very high winds kept the Timber Chair closed and after days of the hill being empty, there now seemed to be an abundance of folks trying hard to turn the remaining terrain into mogul fields. In fact it wasn’t exactly crowded as line ups were minimal to nonexistent, but those that were there, including us, seemed particularly dedicated to leaving no powder undisturbed.  read more »

Unofficial Fernie Report - 2006/12/13

John's Report - December 13, 2006

New Side Report: Fresh Lines Everywhere - All Day Long!

The day began with the intent of checking out Cedar & Boom Bowls. At 9:30 I arrived wetter than I wanted at the top of Elk Chair. With a new resolve, I headed to Timber to gain altitude, never to return. By the White Pass loading zone, the schizoid rain/snow conditions of below solidly gave way to firm round grains of snow, coming down at a respectable, not spectacular rate. Things just got better. With the 6 cms that had fallen overnight, combined with 15 or so cms that had fallen since Sunday night, conditions were great. Added to that were approximately 5 cms that fell while I skied. While it wasn’t powder (I call it cream), it was dry, easy to carve & SOFT.  read more »

Unofficial Fernie Report - 2006/12/13

Craig's Report - December 13, 2006

The driveway was whitened overnight with about a centimeter or so of sloppy gruel, but no matter, for conditions up on the hill were again very good. Only near the bottom did the snow get gooey and for the most part it was slightly dense soft snow that less picky folks would probably call powder. Regardless of name, it made for some very sweet turns.  read more »

Griz predicts 20-30 cm of snowfall and continued moderate temperatures before this system passes on Friday afternoon/evening and temperatures begin to fall and give way to a sunny high pressure for the weekend.  read more »

The last two days has seen about 35 cm of snow up on the hill, something that may be hard to believe for valley dwellers as the accumulations have been minimal in the valley bottom. Skiing on the mountain is 'creamy' smooth everything has been nicely refreshed with the new snow and the riding is fine!  read more »