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Snake Glades at Fernie Alpine Resort

Advanced · 756 m long with 374 m of vertical, averaging 26° and 40° at its steepest, facing NE.

40°steepest 50 m
26°average pitch
756 mlength
374 mvertical
1637 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Snake Glades

Lifts that reach the top: Great Bear Express Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Cedar Bowl Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 20 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Boomerang
  2. Ski Alpine Way (intermediate)
  3. Ski Cruiser (intermediate)
  4. Ski Emily's (intermediate)
  5. Ride Cedar Bowl Express
  6. Ski Cedar High Traverse (intermediate)
  7. Ski Snake Glades (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Snake Main, Steep & Deep. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Haul Back (1 min), Cedar Bowl Express (2 min).

See Snake Glades 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.