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Reviews for Fernie Alpine
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we used to come here 20 years ago with our kids because it was the closest resort for us to travel to....it was great .we could park our rv at the bottom of the slope and ski to it slowly rcr started raising prices and becoming more and more unaccommodating...we stopped going and started checking out different resorts. after comig back in 2022 we were not surprised rates were way up but dissappointed that for that price they had not upgraded a single thing in fact many buildings and services were in disrepair. we had little snow on our trip and the 2 novice skiers were often scared on blue runs that they have easily done on other resorts which left them only skiing the bottom 1/4 of the mountain....i am a advanced skier and snowboarder and have done all the runs at fernie but seeing it with different eyes this time the blues here should mostly be labeled blacks and there are so many stupid uphill transitions and runouts that destroy the legs and ruin the experience of a great upper run. there has to be ways to fix these...it was -20 c on our trip and this is the first resort that we have been to that seems to want you to freeze to death after you leave the base lodge as there is no upper mountain escape from the ellements. if you enter the lost boys cafe 9upper mountain restraunt) you have to wait to be seated and thus buy something..will not be returning to fernie till news of major renovation.theres just too many great resorts getting it right....fernie is not one of them...adapt or die!... Full Review
Mike Boychuk
Great snow great conditions. Also great to see loads of kids learning to ski with ski school. Friendly and fun atmosphere. Lots to do in town that is 5min away from base. Parking shuttles and downtown shuttles make everything really. Great for larger groups too as you can rent great places like the Timbers. Something for everyone at Fernie. ... Full Review
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I’ve been skiing at Fernie for 4 years. I absolutely love it here! The environment is great and the workers are all very nice and fun. Doesn’t have as many expert runs as beginner or intermediate but the Powder skiing is amazing!... Full Review
Jo Jen
I’ve been coming to fernie for years and for the most part I like it, but the lift prices are bordering on outrageous. Just because whistler is $200 a day doesn’t mean this place needs to go in a similar direction. It rains often here, it’s windy and they often close many of the lifts due to avalanche risk. If you guys are gonna charge so much then maybe you need to take out that t bar at the bottom of boomerang and replace it with a real lift. While you’re at it, the bear chair is garbage too. On a nice day tho, the mountain is so beautiful and the powder is heaven. Just wish Canada could have apres like they do in the alps. It’s depressing that there are so few options after a nice day of runs.... Full Review
Love Fernie so much I bought a second home there.... Full Review
Keith Rosenfeld
Fernie is a great family mountains and the town is lovely and friendly.
You can blast blues all day and the beginners in your group will have plenty of runs on which to learn.
If you want variety, it's an easy drive to Castle and Red Mountain. So, you can easily enjoy a full week of skiing with plenty of variety... Full Review
Matt undefined
Best mountain anywhere near Calgary. Much better value and better snow than Louise or sunshine. ... Full Review
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Love Fernie. Best mountain close to Calgary!... Full Review
mmuldoon57
Fernie is my favorite. We have skied most Canadian Resorts and some American. We have skied with family and without. With family we love the reasonably priced ski in ski outs. Griz is dated but its a gold mine for location. Its easy to keep track of everybody for meet ups. Staff is always amazing in good times and bad times on this hill. Without family the resort lacks intermediate meets expert terrain. By this I mean those of us who are intermediate can't always visually track those of us who are expert. On mountain Apres ski is minimsl compared to a Silver Star or Whistler Blacombe.... Full Review
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