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A skier tackling perfect
powder at the Fernie
Alpine Resort

was established in 1864, when
gold was discover ed at Wild
Horse River. Thousands of
EXPERIENCE Canadian Rockies which linked Hope to the gold
prospectors and entrepre neurs
arrived by the Dewdney Trail,
fields. The town was named
after the North West Mounted
Police Superintendent Samuel
Steele, who arrived in 1887 to
restore peace between war-
ring groups of Ktunaxa peoples
and European settlers. The
town underwent a brief boom
with the discovery of lead and
silver, but Fort Steele had
become a ghost town by the
early 1900s, when the mainline
rail road was rerouted through
Cranbrook instead.
9 stone. Fernie is known for its Today, there are more than
winter sports, and boasts the
60 reconstructed or restored
Fernie best powder snow in the buildings, staffed by guides in
Rockies, with its skiing season period costume, including the
@ n 102 Commerce Rd;
www.tourismfernie.com running from November to general store and Mountie
April. The huge nearby Fernie officers’ quarters, with personal
Fernie is an attractive town set Alpine Resort can take over items such as family photo-
amid a circle of pointed peaks 13,000 skiers and riders up the graphs, swords, and uniforms.
on the British Columbia side of mountain every hour. During Demonstrations of traditional
Crowsnest Pass. Burned to the the summer, the Mount Fernie crafts such as quilt- and ice
ground by a fire in 1904 and Provincial Park offers a broad cream-making are also held
again in 1908, the town has range of magnificent hiking
since been handsomely trails , while boat trips and
reconstructed from brick and fishing are popular on the
many nearby lakes and rivers.
Helicopter trips take visitors
TOP HELI-SKIING close to the mountains to see
3 COMPANIES the formations and granite
cliffs particular to this region.
CMH Heli-Skiing,
Banff
∑ cmhheli.com
Guaranteed powder 10 "\-=
thrills and luxury lodges. Fort Steele
Heritage Town
Eagle Pass Heli-
Skiing, Revelstoke ⌂ 9851 Hwy 95 # Daily
∑ eaglepassheliskiing.com ∑ fortsteele.ca
Explore 530 sq miles This living museum is a
(1,372 sq km) of slopes. re-creation of a 19th-century
pioneering supply town that
Stellar Heli-Skiing,
Kaslo
∑ stellarheliskiing.com
An unbeatable guest- Canoeists setting off on their
to-guide ratio.
journey around the Bowron
Lake Provincial Park circuit
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