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Girl's Powder Trip of a Lifetime

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Experience a girls’ ski trip of a lifetime! Leave the boys behind and join our two day and two night, all girl Catskiing tour on March 29-31. This is a chance to treat yourself, make friends, relax, re-energize and Read More →

Island Lake Catskiing Surprise Opening Dec. 3rd

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The thursday morning email was brief, call to reserve before 1PM. I quickly called and booked myself and Rocky, a friend visiting from Comox, for Saturdays opening of Island Lake Catskiing. The plan was one cat with no frills Read More →

The Balance of Powder

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This past year Island Lake Catskiing and Mica Heliskiing partnered with Sherpas Cinema to produce a T.V. show called The Balance of Powder. The Sherpas are a youthful group from Whistler with creativity and originality and are creating award-winning Read More →

Fernie to offer biggest vertical in the Canadian Rockies

Scenic Fernie, the place Powder calls home

Celebrating 50 years of skiing with a new Polar Peak Lift will give Fernie Alpine Resort biggest vertical in the Canadian Rockies. The spectacular Polar Peak Lift, will add onto the already incredible vertical at Fernie Alpine Resort, now Read More →

Fernie Backcountry Paradise

Fernie Backcountry

The backcountry options in and around Fernie are endless. Despite my best efforts over the last 20 years or so I have yet to ski every line that I have scoped. The last snowstorm that hit Fernie deposited 30-50cm Read More →

Castle Mountain Opening Day!

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I was one of the fortunate to have skied at Castle Mountain on opening day! Over 130 cm of snow has fallen the week prior and lots of deep deposits were to be found in the trees. My good Read More →

Fernie's Legendary Powder Returns

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The epic days of skiing deep powder top-to-bottom in November have returned to Fernie. A three day storm dumped a meter of light snow throughout the valley and locals have been celebrating. Here is some footage Ross Frazier took Read More →

Fernie: The Legend Is Real

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As I drove through a seemingly endless thick fog layer on Hwy 3 I reminisced my many powder days in Fernie and wished for good fortune on my current adventure. These memories helped justify driving past the many ski Read More →

March Delivers Great Powder for Fernie

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This March Fernie received over 175cm of powder snow and yielded the best powder Month of the season. Locals were all smiles as the slopes were relatively empty and the snow was light and dry.

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