Corner Pocket at Fernie Alpine Resort
Expert · 146 m long with 124 m of vertical, averaging 40° and 51° at its steepest, facing N.
51°steepest 50 m
40°average pitch
146 mlength
124 mvertical
1798 mtop elevation
Nfaces
Snow and sun
Corner Pocket is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.
How to get to Corner Pocket
Lifts that reach the top: White Pass Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Polar Peak Chair (skiing expert terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 25 minutes, expert skiing needed):
- Ride Timber Bowl Express Quad
- Ski 100 % (intermediate)
- Ski Heartland (intermediate)
- Ride White Pass Quad
- Ski Currie Powder (intermediate)
- Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
- Ski Corner Pocket (expert)
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.