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Milky Way at Fernie Alpine Resort

Intermediate · 714 m long with 87 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 26° at its steepest, facing E.

26°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
714 mlength
87 mvertical
1817 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Milky Way is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

How to get to Milky Way

Lifts that reach the top: White Pass Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 24 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Timber Bowl Express Quad
  2. Ski 100 % (intermediate)
  3. Ski Heartland (intermediate)
  4. Ride White Pass Quad
  5. Ski Falling Star (intermediate)
  6. Ski Milky Way (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Hot Chocolate, 100 %. Nearest lifts from the bottom: White Pass Quad (2 min), Timber Bowl Express Quad (7 min), Deer Chair (9 min).

See Milky Way 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.