Fernie likes to deliver big dumps mid-week for the regulars. The Griz has always delivered, I don't have enough fingers to count all my powder days at Fernie. Nothing like barking down the Currie Bowl, off Polar Peak, after fresh snow. You want steep and deep you got it. You want a beginner hill for the little ones, you have that too. Sure if you're late season or early season, Fernie may not fully deliver. The season is a tad shorter than the others, but the peak season is by far the best snow option and best overall terrain option, with little to no lineups.

For those who "need" a gondola to get up the mountain... enough said. Revelstoke, is the only other mountain, in the Rockies, that I'd put in the same sentence as Fernie. Kicking Horse, with deep snow, is really good. But they often are in icy conditions, and I'd never take my kids to that hill; it's just setup poorly for beginners.