Fernie is well-known in the ski world as a place that celebrates snow ... or slide around on a field in the Snow Rugby. Get a rig built and enter in the world famous Raging Elk Dummy Downhill.

The town of Fernie and its accompanying ski area, Fernie Alpine Resort, is a special place. With world-class terrain and heaping snow totals—the resort picks up 29 feet of the white stuff on average ...

So, rather than throwing a list together willy-nilly, the entire POWDER staff chipped in with their two favorite ski towns.

This year’s SKI second place finisher, Clare McPherson, is a standout member of the Fernie Alpine Resort Ski Patrol. The famed Fernie Ski Patrol, is known as some of the best patrol groups in ...