 Poster: A snowHead
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hey
im looking at goin to fernie in canada in january for 10 days
has anyone been there and if so whats it like
can u give me info on prices in the resort-e.g for beers in the bar and price of lift pass/ski hire?
this would be a great help
thanks in advance
Neil
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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It can be good (very good) and it can be bad (ie Rain). The hill is considered advanced plus area but your find runs for all.
They may of developed the resort base facilities since I last went 1996.
Dont expect any raging Nightlife. THeres a couple (max) of bars in town. Cant remember the price of a beer but lift ticket but im sure it was cheaper than Whistler & US Ski areas.
To be honest I was a bit dissapointed ( because it pissed down for three days from Top to bottom of hill) but I could see what it had to offer, challenging trails & I liked the fact the town was still in 1920's time warp !
Maybe you check the Fernie Forum
http://www.fernie.com/forum/intro.html
BTW . Theres was no on Mountain Restaurants. There is a open face Bear Den where most people gater round a firs with there packed lunch. Remember spending alot of time in there keeping out the rain 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Why not consider Sunshine Village near Banff. Excellent Snow from Mid Nov- late May. i was there last November and they had fantastic conditions. 100% Natural Snow, no snow cannons required!!!!! Ever!!!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I'll say this for Fernie, the skiing is great and convenient if your hotel is on the resort itself (Like mine was!), but at night it was too quiet.
I'm heading to Banff next year, no ski in/out convenience but I need more nightlife!
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A good place to stay is the corner pocket, grand central hotel.
The rate includes breakfast. Best thing is they have their own bus which take you straight to the hill, no detours like the other bus. This is also included.
Small rooms though, but they have tv. shared bathroom showers. I stayed for 4 weeks there.
I guess it would be around 60$ somethign a night for 2 weeks, maybe less.
Beers are around 4-5$ there. Lift passes are expensive for canada, at the upper end of the scale.
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You can combine Fernie with Kimberley and possibly Castle if it's still going. I didn't get to ski it at all because it pissed down when I was there too (so binned it and went to Kicking Horse).
Terrain certainly looked steep. Couple of bars at the base area and town pretty much dead (2001). Curry Bowl was good restaurant (town).
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