The last week in Fernie was awesome; it just didn’t stop snowing! In six days there was only one morning that we woke up without seeing 30cm+ of fresh, champagne powder which had fallen overnight, and by the end of the week 176cm of new snow was on the ground. What this meant was that myself, Nathan and Floody were up early every morning, queuing for first lifts and just ripping around the mountain, enjoying waist deep powder by the end of the week as evidenced by the photo of me cruising through the Cedar Bowl.

Dell, our retiree neighbour, who has been in the area his entire life, proclaimed it the best week of snow in 30 years, and I’m not about to disagree. Certainly, it’s the best snow I’ve ever boarded in, and the perfect send-off from Fernie.