Friday Fir and Film Festival

Feeling revived after a good nights sleep in a proper bed, we all headed up to the ski hill to make the most of the time we had left skiing together as a group. Kirsty also joined us today. I first met Kirsty in a shop on the mountain as she was kitting up with some new goggles ready for the first day of her 2 week improvement camp. Today was some 3 1/2 weeks later. Turns out she has well and truly caught Fernie fever and has delayed her return flight indefinitely, meaning she will probably see out most of the season here! This is the common effect that Legendary Fernie has on people and what can turn a person into a ski bum in a single faceshot.

'The ski bum trades security for face shots, the future for the moment. Considering how hollow the promise of a corporate career has become, who can say the ski bum is not the wiser investor in his/her youth?' - Unknown.

Dumping again at FAR. The seasonaires gear up for another epic day

We all had a great day skiing with a good lunch in Corner Pocket and were about ready to call it a day but everyone agreed a run down Lone Fir was on the cards before the weekend rush came and tracked everything in sight. This decision almost proved catastrophic for James, who caught an edge halfway down and spun round in a reverse snowplough, then finding perfect balance on one ski with the other trailing in the air, hurtling straight down the mountain mere inches past the rest of the group and eventually stacking it in the clearing below! It could have been really bad, but his head popped up straight away and shouted 'where's my other ski?!' Fortunately I was tail gunning and managed to collect his poles on the way down, but he was understandably shaken and we all decided to head to the Griz bar for a beer.

James in stage 1 of his epic fall

Kirsty coming down just seconds before

Tonights entertainment was scheduled to be at the Fernie Film Festival, so we headed out to the Brickhouse for another 'best burger in town' before it began. The first film was a little hard to get into, something about female Spanish climbers, but unfortunately that was the feature film so had quite a while to wait for something a little more exciting. The next one fit the bill a bit more, simply called 'WOO!', which becomes pretty self explanatory within the opening seconds. A feeling every skier/boarder will know only too well when they step into those bindings on a powder day... 

WOO!

Chasing water was about the Colorado river and how it no longer runs to the sea, and another about white water rafting which was pretty crazy! To finish they played Danny MacAskill's brilliant 'Industrial Revolutions' and some arty short that I didn't really understand. Another day in the life of a Fernie Alpine Resort resident!

Danny MacAskill - Industrial Revolutions