Too much snow in Fernie?!

We drove down to Fernie this weekend to enjoy the snow: one of Dave's Christmas presents (from me) was a "CAT"skiing day on the mountain with our friend Marc Binkley. After a very COLD week in Calgary (temperatures -35c for a few days, colder with the wind chill), it was so nice to arrive in Fernie where it was mild (-5c) and snowing pretty much non-stop the whole time we were there! This made for lots and lots of fresh powder for Dave and Marc's ski day, but as you can see from the photos--perhaps almost TOO much snow--it's hard to navigate your way through waist-deep powder, skiis or no skis!
I enjoyed a day on the hill at the resort with Marc's girlfriend Crystal and Shandra and Harman: again, lots of snow everywhere!
We were all pretty tired after yesterday, so only Marc and Dave made it back out on the hill today--a beautiful sunny day as you can see.
I'm off to Edmonton later this week for a work Professional Development opportunity, then we have a quiet weekend planned next weekend. We are heading to Invermere/Panorama the following weekend (Feb 17-19th) for "Family Day" weekend, so should have some nice time on the mountain there too. It is definitely a benefit of living out here that our winter ski weekends seem almost busier than our summer cottage season was back in Ontario! While it's busy, it is nice to actually enjoy and look forward to the colder weather, when there are so many fantastic opportunities to take advantage of the snow!
We will update again with more photos from Dave's CAT skiing--Marc is an aspiring photographer and took lots of great photos. Check out some of his work at: www.marcbinkley.com
The view from our balcony at the condo we rented:

The "CAT"
Dave and Marc
SO much snow!!!