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Top 2 Ski Cards offer Best Ski Deal 2011/12 Winter Ski Season in the Canadian Rockies

Get ready for skiing by getting one of the top 2 Ski Cards that offer the best Ski Deal in the Canadian Rockies this winter! Get one of both of these must have discount ski cards, giving you access to the Best Powder Steeps, Best Grooming and Best Family Resorts. The Ski More Card, and the popular Nakiska iSki Card are on sale until December 26th, pick one, or both up for yourself today! Do you have a skier or boarder on your Christmas list this holiday season – The cards make the perfect gift, or purchase an RCR Gift Card, Give the Gift of Skiing This Christmas!

The Ski More Card – Lowest Card Price for Best Value in the Rockies! Make sure to compare as this is the best deal ski card in the Canadian Rockies.
The card that offers the cardholder 3 FREE Days of skiing and includes discounts off lift tickets of up to $26 for the other ski days. Only $76.95, Get your Ski More Card today at Sport Chek and Sport Mart stores

The Nakiska iSki Card – Spend Less Time Driving & More Time Skiing!
With this card get one FREE Ski Day at Nakiska Ski Area, valid anytime throughout the 2011.2012 Ski Season, plus daily discount off your lift tickets (including ones purchased at Fernie Alpine Resort and Kimberley Alpine Resort). Only $39.95, it is a must have card for Calgarians- pick it up today at Sport Chek and or Sport Mart

White Bears and New Snow blankets Canadian Rockies

Fernie, British Columbia and the Elk Valley region of British Columbia share a White coating in common. Fernie Alpine Resort, Fernie, British Columbia is home to in most ski seasons the snow leader of any ski resort in Canada- it is covered in White Gold! Yes- New Snow as of October 14th, 2011 continues to blanket the Canadian Rockies. Up the Elk Valley about 50 minutes away from Fernie, is a family of White Bears! Yes….white bears check out this recent article

http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/Trio+white+bear+cubs+talk+town+Elkford/5543339/story.html

new snow blankets Canadian Rockies

Powder Matt’s top Ski Reasons to purchase Ski Season Pass

What, you haven’t purchased your ski season pass yet? It is your Lucky Day as there still is time. Resorts of the Canadian Rockies Ski Season Pass Sale ends October 15th! Powder Matt’s Top Ski Reasons to not miss Skiing and Riding this winter at 3 Great Ski Resorts- Fernie Alpine Resort, Kimberley Alpine Resort and Nakiska Ski Area

#1 Reason- Ski more vertical this winter- new this season with the addition of the Polar Peak lift at Fernie Alpine Resort to celebrate Fernie’s 50th Anniversary- this lift gives Fernie the Biggest Vertical in the Rockies!

#2 More Snow- Ski the Deepest snow in the Canadian Rockies this winter! Fernie Alpine Resort had 37 feet of total snowfall last winter…now that is DEEP

#3 Family time- Skiing and Riding truly is the best way to spend quality time with friends and family! You can’t get better time together! Time spent in the mountains is time well Spent!

Hurry don’t miss the huge savings and Season Pass Sale deadline Oct 15th

Epic Snow predicted for British Columbian ski resort of Fernie Alpine Resort by leading Weather Service

La Nina is predicted to return by leading weather service experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Those who followed the snow last winter found epic snow conditions in Southeastern British Columbia. With the convergence zone of moisture laden fronts from the northern pacific meeting colder air coming in from the North and Alberta over Fernie, British Columbia.

La Niña returns is raising skiers and riders excitement levels at Fernie Alpine Resort! Just in time for the Early Bird Season Pass Sale on Now until October 16th! So don’t miss the best deal on skiing in the Canadian Rockies!

Construction of new Polar Peak lift continues with progress on top of Peak in British Columbia

Construction progress continues with work now being done on the summit of Polar Peak, Fernie Alpine Resort, Fernie, British Columbia. Here the lift installation crew has one of the best mountain top views of the Canadian Rockies! Right now the crews have a weather break as a recent cold spell that brought snow has moved on and the sun is providing good construction weather for work that needs to be done on the summit.

Construction continues on Polar Peak, Fernie, British Columbia

Construction progress on Polar Peak, Fernie Alpine Resort, Fernie, British Columbia

Powder Matt makes 1st ski tracks at Ski resort in Canadian Rockies for 2011/12 ski season

Snow has fallen on the Canadian Rockies resorts of Fernie Alpine Resort and Nakiska! A Powder Matt tradition is to take the family up to one of our ski resorts in the Canadian Rockies and make the 1st tracks of the winter ski season. Nothing beats spending time with the family in the mountains. The kids and I always spend time checking out the flora and faunea for tell tale signs of an early winter. This year the spotted tussock caterpillars had extra dense fur on them and the squirrels were moving faster than usual to store their nuts.

New Snow in the Canadian Rockies a sure sign of winter coming! Make sure to get your ski vacation booked now. Don’t wait if you are wanting to take a ski vacation during Christmas so you get space.

Welcome Skiers and Riders- enjoy the snow!

New Snow has fallen at Fernie Alpine Resort and Nakiska in the Canadian Rockies

Golfers from outerspace play Wintergreen in the Canadian Rockies

Someone said to me that these guys should stick to their day job…..but I think they are taking golf to new heights!! Playing an out of this world game of golf at Wintergreen golf resort in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies

Star Wars Storm Troopers playing Golf

Your new View from the top of Polar Peak, Fernie Alpine Resort, Canadian Rockies

The new Polar Peak lift at Fernie Alpine Resort has received a tremendous amount of media attention- recently in Powder Magazine, SKIING Magazine, Snowboard Canada and Ski Canada to name a few. Lots of comments about this is the season to Ski Fernie from around the world! I am looking forward to seeing all the smiles and hearing the hollers, yells and laughter as people rip up the pow on Polar Peak. Construction is proceeding on time and currently there is work going on to build a new mountain top ski patrol hut. Check out the view from the top of Polar Peak! Wow!

Top 3 Reasons to Ski Fernie in the Canadian Rockies this Winter

SKI THE PEAK

Yes SKI THE PEAK if you can! Don’t miss this winters exciting news and make sure you book your ski vacation to Fernie Alpine Resort located in Southeastern, British Columbia, Canadian Rockies.

One of Canada’s Best Ski Resorts, Fernie Alpine Resort, celebrates 50 years with new lift to peak, giving it the Biggest Vertical in the Canadian Rockies.  New lift will take skiing to the top in Fernie, now boasting the most Ski Runs in the Canadian Rockies!

Fernie, BC – The spectacular Polar Peak Lift, will add onto the already incredible vertical at Fernie Alpine Resort, now giving the ski resort a whopping 3550 vertical feet of Legendary Snow Fun. Combine this with over 2550 acres of terrain over 5 Alpine Bowls, Deepest Snow in the Rockies and a year-long celebration commemorating 50 years of Legendary Skiing and Riding and you have a ski destination not to miss this winter! Combine the most snow in the Canadian Rockies, with the most Alpine Bowl skiing in the Canadian Rockies plus the Biggest vertical and you have your ski destination of choice in Canada.

“Fernie is regularly laden with the Deepest Snow in the Canadian Rockies this past winter was no exception with a near record snowfall of over 37 feet!” says Matt Mosteller. Once the snow is cleared, Fernie Alpine Resort began construction of the new Polar Peak Lift with the completion date ready for skiers and riders to enjoy in the 2011/12 winter ski season. The Polar Peak lift is the only major new lift installation in the B.C. Rockies for this winter and one of a few new lift installations in North America. It is believed that it is the only new lift installation going to a mountain top for this upcoming winter.  “The Polar Peak Lift is an incredible addition to the Legendary Fernie experience,” says Matt Mosteller. “This lift will provide spectacular views of peaks, valleys and lakes from Lake Koocanusa in the Southwest to the spine of the Canadian Rockies looking up the Elk Valley all the way into Kananaskis Country/Banff National Park” added Mosteller. “Polar Peak Lift is taking lift access skiing and riding to the next level, putting Fernie at the top of any Skiers and Riders bucket list” Mosteller adds.

The Polar Peak Lift adds an above tree-line Bowl skiing experience with over 22 new runs and the incredible experience of skiing off the summit of one of the highest peaks in the Lizard Range, Polar Peak. Many will enjoy making laps of the new Polar Peak Lift or one can enjoy the thigh burning fun of skiing some of the longest runs in the Canadian Rockies and 3550 vertical feet. In addition to the new Polar Peak Lift, Fernie Alpine Resort offers nine other lifts and 140 marked runs – now having the most Ski Runs in the Canadian Rockies!

In addition to the increased terrain, increased vertical and summit experience is the significant enhancement to our Snow Control efforts. The Polar Peak Lift provides quick access to the various ridge-lines above the major alpine bowls. This quicker access for Ski Patrol will speed up efforts to open up terrain following the regular snowfalls Fernie Alpine Resort receives.

Note Polar Peak is the peak in the background!!

Heard of Dancing Bears- Fernie has Skiing Bears who have some Big News

Fernie Alpine Resort, one of British Columbia’s top ski resorts, is famous for Bears- We have Papa Bear, Mama Bear- Something Big is happening as these famous Ski Runs will be having more fun! Stay tuned