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Diamond Back at Fernie Alpine Resort

Advanced · 908 m long with 329 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 35° at its steepest, facing NE.

35°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
908 mlength
329 mvertical
1488 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Diamond Back

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 14 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Timber Bowl Express Quad
  2. Ski 100 % (intermediate)
  3. Ski Highline (intermediate)
  4. Ski Summer Road (intermediate)
  5. Ski Diamond Back (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Timber Trail, Gilmar Trail, Summer Road. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Timber Bowl Express Quad (2 min), Deer Chair (3 min), Mini Moose (4 min).

See Diamond Back 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.