Cross Country Skiing in Spectacular Fernie
Elk Valley Nordic Centre
All Fernie welcomes the Griz from March 6 to 8. Among the local activities, the SNOW-TO-ICE(cream) challenge is back again this year. Take a selfie at four different locations on the trails around Fernie inside of 72 hours from Friday to Sunday 7 pm. More details HERE.
A special Griz Days Full Moon Ski & Social event closes the weekend. Meet at 7 pm at the Nordic Centre.
The club invites all skiers, young, adult, families, to our annual Fernie Community Fun race event on Saturday Feb 22 at the Nordic Centre. It is open to club members and non-members alike. The fun starts at 10:30 with the Hot Chocolate Run followed by relay and solo races plus short sprints to finish. It is totally FREE to participate. Read the details on our page (click to open).
The Fernie Nordic Society is holding its 8th Annual Community Fun Race day on Saturday, February 22. All skiers are invited to participate, club members and non-members alike. The overall theme will be FUN and CHEERS for all.
There will be hot food available by donation – bring a bowl and a mug to help us go green(er).
WHEN – Saturday, February 22 from 10:30 am Please arrive by 10:00 to prepare for event
WHERE – Elk Valley Nordic Centre located 4 km SW from Fernie along highway 3. See map here.
AGE REQUIREMENT: None – all ages are welcome
Entry Fee: $0.00 or totally FREE for all participants
REGISTRATION – Online at Webscorer.com HERE or on the morning of event. One may participate in more than one event. Registration will be open until event start time.
PARKING Please use the lower parking lot. Parking is also available along the park road on the side of the entrance gate without blocking the gate. See our parking map.
COURSE MAP is available HERE
Fernie skiers were very active in the past weekend of February 8-9 with a few events.
On Saturday twenty skiers gathered in the hut before starting on the trails under a very bright moon. The evening ended back at the hut for snacks, refreshments and a good time.
The race weekend in Kimberley was the Teck Kootenay Championships, a tier 2 points qualifying race, so it was a higher level event than usual races for the team. The Fernie racers competed against other racers from several clubs, including Telemark, Sovereign Lake, Revelstoke, Canmore, Foothills, the Kootenay teams – Nelson, Kimberley, Black Jack and Toby Creek – plus Montana teams, Glacier Nordic and Seeley Lake. The weather was perfect and excellent snow conditions.
Eleven young skiers from the Fernie Nordic Racers team took part in the two-day event together with nine adult skiers from Fernie. Our team is coached by Jeff Williams. Overall the team had 28 starts in the classic and skate races. Race results may be found HERE. The current cup standings are HERE.
Saturday was also the day of the 2020 Canadian Birkebeiner in Edmonton. Two skiers from Fernie completed the challenging course. Ron Lentz finished the 31 km tour race while Naomi Lentz did the 55 km race with a 12 lbs pack (5.4 kg) on her back. Congratulations to both!
from the Full Moon Ski:
from the Kootenay Cup races:
Another opportunity to get your skis waxed this Friday.
Elk Valley Nordic Centre
No dogs, snowshoes, biking or walkers on the trails please.
| Cedar & Lizard Lookout |  | Groomed & trackset | Dec 22 |
| From Hut to bridge | | Groomed & trackset | Dec 22 |
| Runt & Grunt |  | Groomed & trackset | Dec 22 |
| Evergreen * NEW * |  | Groomed & trackset | Dec 20 |
| Galloway loop | | Groomed & trackset | Dec 22 |
| Lizard Creek loop | | Groomed & trackset | Dec 20 |
| FAR Boomerang Way connector | | Not skiable. Walking to trails is best. | Dec 20 |
Access to the Nordic Centre from FAR is only through Boomerang Way since the usual path from Highline Drive is closed due to construction work. Please walk to the Galloway Loop.
Fernie Golf Course
The trails have been groomed on Sunday morning. Grooming is done daily every morning. Enjoy the views!
Level of difficulty: Easy
No dogs, snowshoes or walkers on the golf course please.
Maps and directions are shown here
Other locations where one can ski in the Fernie area are listed below. Please note that these trails are dog-friendly and operated by other organizations.
Fernie Alpine Resort
The Silk, Scandia and Manchuria trails were groomed on Sunday morning.
Off-leash dogs are now allowed on the trails if they are still under ‘vocal control’. A map and directions to trails are found here
The FAR snow report is here
Fernie Dyke and City Trails
The backcountry trails were groomed on Friday morning. The dyke is groomed regularly.
It is a multi-use trail for walking, snowshoeing, snow biking and skiing with your dog. Additionally the dyke from the north bridge to the boat launch will be groomed and trackset after a sufficient new snow fall.
Level of difficulty: Easy
Montane
‘The nordic trails are in fine form’ on this Thursday morning. Access to the trails is from the trailhead.
Find map and directions to trails here . Grooming updates may be found here .
Anyone may send text updates to 250-430-2719 at any time.
Data plotted from GPS data in March 2015 – – click images to enlarge
Data plotted from GPS data on January 12, 2015 – – click images to enlarge
The starting point is at the Old Barn ( 49.496467 N , 115.05497 W) going clockwise.
