Fernie Alpine Resort
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Fernie Alpine Resort is a ski resort, located on Lizard Range, near the town of Fernie, British Columbia in Canada. The resort also operates a mountain bike park, hiking, guided hikes, and sightseeing in the summer months.
The resort has 10 lifts servicing 142 named runs, 5 alpine bowls, and tree skiing with a vertical drop of Template:Convert.<ref>Template:Usurped Fernie Alpine Vertical drop</ref> The resort has over Template:Convert of skiable terrain. The average annual snowfall is Template:Convert.
Fernie Alpine Resort is owned by the Resorts of the Canadian Rockies, which also owns ski areas Kimberley Alpine Resort, Kicking Horse Resort, Nakiska, Mont Sainte-Anne, and Stoneham.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
History
Fernie Alpine Resort was originally called "Fernie Snow Valley"<ref name=Bethel>Template:Cite journal</ref> before being sold in 1997 to RCR (Resort of the Canadian Rockies). RCR saw some financial trouble under its owner, Charlie Locke, and after a period in bankruptcy protection, was bailed out by Alberta billionaire N. Murray Edwards.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
During spring 2009, Fernie Alpine Resort was transformed into the fictional Kodiak Valley ski resort, ca. 1986, for exterior location shots of the Hollywood film Hot Tub Time Machine. The film was released in March 2010.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Bowls
Fernie Alpine Resort has five bowls along the Lizard Range. Siberia Bowl, Cedar Bowl, Timber Bowl, Currie Bowl, and the Lizard bowl.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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