Girlie Road Trip to Fernie

Tarryn, Heather and I fooling around after lunch on the ski field

Last month a few girlfriends and I went on a road trip to Fernie.  It's a small ski town in BC about 4 hours from Banff.  

The trip started off promisingly, we hired a SUV and managed to leave only an hour behind schedule (not bad considering a Lewis was on the trip!),  Heather my friend from Ontario took on the driving and Dayna (my kiwi room mate) took the front passenger seat as navigator.  Map in hand Dayna and Tarryn (my fellow back seat driver from Aus) found a great looking short cut and we were away laughing.  An hour later we were back in Banff...the short cut didn't quite work out as planned, we somehow managed to do a giant (but beautifully scenic) circle.  Hmm not the best start.

Deciding to follow the obvious main highway route we set out once again.  This time we were successful, and after four hours of driving in the snow, peeing in the snow and listening to the only radio station we could get warning drivers not to venture out in such rough snow conditions we arrived in Fernie or should I call it Slushie.  Clever me, I took Ugg boots and heels not ideal since it was raining in town.  Believe it or not having spent the winter here it was the first rain I'd seen since November, it's too cold in Banff to rain!

Heather has a friend in Fernie who was able to get us a great rate for a lovely hotel, right in town, ground floor room with a hot tub and swimming pool directly outside our room, fab!!  

We had one day on the slopes, they had had a huge dumping of snow, and the girls and I had a fab time skiing in the fresh powder.  I'm not the best powder skiier I will admit and I managed to faceplant a couple of times.  

We had some great nights out on the town and overall the trip was exactly what I needed.  The drive back was pretty scary as the roads had gotten pretty bad after a severe snow storm.  Heather did well though with the driving and managed to get us back to Banff in one piece.  When we arrived back Banff looked stunning having received about 15 cms of snow and all of us realised how lucky we are to be based in such a cute town, Fernie had been fun to visit but with the rain and the way the town is spread out we know we made a good decision basing ourselves in Banff.