Griz Days

The Powder King of the Lizard Range is embracing our Canadian fashion tradition of jeans and jean jackets for Griz Days Gone Denim 2019. This year’s winter festival, from March 1-3, will celebrate our casual, rugged style in the same legendary party fashion.

Fernie Griz Days Parade

For just over 40 years, the town of Fernie, BC comes to life the first weekend of March to celebrate the Griz - a local legend who shoots his musket into the sky to encourage the champagne powder this ski town is known for to fall in abundance.

Event Date(s): 
Friday, March 2, 2018
Time: 
10:00am - 3:00pm

Find the Griz at Fernie Alpine Resort on Friday, March 2nd from 10am - 3pm to celebrate the first day of GRIZ DAYS!

The Griz will be hanging out at Lost Boys Cafe, The Bears Den, The Plaza or zipping around on the chair lifts. Come say hello and take a photo with the GRIZ!

Event Date(s): 
Friday, March 2, 2018
Time: 
7:00pm

The Cold Cuts are returning to The Pub to kick off Griz Days! 

No cover - just good times! Don’t forget that Fish & Chips (2pc.) are on special Fridays for $12 and Okanagan Springs pints are $6.

Event Date(s): 
Friday, March 2, 2018
Time: 
3:00pm - 8:30pm

Griz Days Pub Crawl is back with limited spots available. Tickets are $50. This is a 19+ event.

Tickets include: Refreshment at each stop, transportation from ski hill to town, food and cool prizes!

Dress in your best PLAID and Griz gear!

Stops Include:

Events of all types are on the rise in Fernie, thanks to the many volunteers and organizations putting the time and effort into putting them on. Here are the hot items of 2017, that you won't want to miss in 2018!

Gold: 
Wapiti
Silver: 
Griz Days
Bronze: 
Wednesday Concert Series

Photo by Joni Krats

March seems to have appeared out of nowhere. A moment ago it was Christmas and a month that often shows signs of spring seemed an age away. Yet, after the perhaps most memorable winter month of the year in terms of snowfall, March is here. Hallelujah! And hello to longer days, warmer mornings and a much loved event in everyone’s calendar, the 35th Annual Griz Days Festival.

Griz Days are coming up in a week, and Kevin Giffin - Director of the Fernie Ski Patrol, is pretty excited about all that's going on!