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Best time to go to fernie

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LeBlanc
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When is the best time to take a trip to fernie? judging on powder/weather/conditions/crowds etc..
Oct 22 2005 7:34PM
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skisquaw@420
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where the shit is that?
Oct 22 2005 8:12PM
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duhamelski
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damn sonny, you are about to have more posts than me
Oct 22 2005 8:16PM
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under_achieved
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if you want no crowds and lots of sun but only park go in early to mid april.

if pow is what you want go in febuary but it'll be a bit bussier, thought the only times fernie gets real bussy is christmass, reading week, and manitoba/sask. spring breaks... also if it dumps all the douche bags from calgary come down with their hummers and what not.
Oct 22 2005 9:45PM
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LeBlanc
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nah, not only park, gotta have the powder
Oct 22 2005 10:18PM
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LeBlanc
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Bump.
Oct 23 2005 9:14AM
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jibs
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www.skifernie.com

epic place.

Mid january there's no one there (not that you can ever really call the place busy).

Pow pow is usually guaranteed between end of january and mid march.

As long as you keep up, i'll ride with anyone (but if i wait more then 5 mins i'll see you at the bar.)
Oct 23 2005 12:26PM
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fernie is so sick, i went there last week in march i think, and even tho they had a bad snow year, the skiing was epic. I really can't see fernie being "busy" either.
Oct 23 2005 12:45PM
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Matty.
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I'd say go sometime in February, the snow will probably be pretty nice, and there won't be many tourists.
Oct 23 2005 12:46PM
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LeBlanc
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Ive booked my airline tickets january 20th and 27th

Now, I am looking for lodging packages.
Here are my picks:

Lizzard-->304$ each person for three days, three nights and lift tickets
Griz-->274$ each person for three days three nights and lift tickets
(we would take two packages for 6 days lodging)

And I also need a cheap way to get from the calgary airport to fernie. We are arriving at calgary at around 1:00 in the morning, so we want to get to our lodge in the night to ski the next day. And the same thing back to catch the plane for 8:00

I was thinking of renting a car, but that is expensive.
Oct 23 2005 1:27PM
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i think i stayed at the griz, its really sick they got hot tubs and a big swimming pool that has a huuuugeeee slide that u can do all kinds of crazy shit off of, we stayed in a condo (we were 12) and it was super comfy, everything was clean and worked 100%...we took a bus that travels from calgary to fernie when we went, and we arrived at around the same time as u guys, and skied the next day

oh and theres shuttles that go from the condo to the mountain everyday
Oct 23 2005 1:33PM
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martockpublicenemy
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go to fernie for their park?
Oct 23 2005 1:55PM
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LeBlanc
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So your telling me that you took the bus in the middle of the night?
And do you remember what was the name of the company who drove you?
And how much did it cost?
Oct 23 2005 6:19PM
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KeegLove
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january febuary will have the best snow of the season go then.
Oct 23 2005 7:06PM
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traumacrew
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The last five years late march and april have been big powder months there and the normal periods for pow, jan and feb haven't been as good. I'm tempted to say that really early and late season are the best times to go there these days. The griz has been unhappy since the new owners blew up his home.
Oct 23 2005 7:23PM
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under_achieved
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it was meant to sound like a draw back to no crowds and nice weather, but our park last year was actually really good.
Oct 28 2005 2:36AM
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iJib
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I'm coming from england for the season in Fernie, can't wait. Hoping for a pipe to pass the non powder days but hasn't it just been filled in properly?
Nov 10 2005 2:54PM
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