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Black Cloud at Fernie Alpine Resort

Advanced · 741 m long with 147 m of vertical, averaging 19° and 36° at its steepest, facing NE.

36°steepest 50 m
19°average pitch
741 mlength
147 mvertical
1540 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Black Cloud is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Black Cloud

Lifts that reach the top: Timber Bowl Express Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); White Pass Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Polar Peak Chair (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Timber Bowl Express Quad
  2. Ski 100 % (intermediate)
  3. Ski Heartland (intermediate)
  4. Ski Black Cloud (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Summer Road. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Timber Bowl Express Quad (5 min), Deer Chair (7 min), Mini Moose (7 min).

See Black Cloud on the 3D mapAll runs at Fernie Alpine Resort
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.