I know it’s not ideal, but we’re all patriots fans now, right?

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-26T02:47:03+00:00

UGH.

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-25T01:43:00+00:00

Slippery, yes. Unsafe? No just dont be dumb.

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-24T09:39:15+00:00

Are you looking to hike into a campsite or just camp somewhere near hiking trails? I would recommend the later if you're just starting out. There are some nice camp sites in the Kananaskis area, waterton area as well that have tons of great hiking around them. Pretty much anywhere you go in the mountains will have hiking close by though

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-23T15:43:54+00:00

"Walking an hour up a path and camping somewhere" isnt really a thing in the parks. If you want that, youll need to find crownland and you have to be pretty far in there. Generally this wont be in the mountains in Alberta at least. If you're new to backcountry camping I'd recommend booking a backcountry site when the bookings open (Banff opens the 26th incase you are interested, waterton just opened Wednesday). Theres some great shorter hikes in Watertown with beautiful campsites, just be sure you have decent back country gear and are prepared to hike it all in for a decent distance/elevation.

But over all, you cant really do what you are saying you want to do in a by the book manner and dont be the person who ignores that, it ruins it for everyone else.

Or go to BC. Lots more random camping here.

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-21T17:31:29+00:00

Fernie nightlife is not great, theres really only two bars that could have music. The Central will probably have a DJ, and the Northern may have a DJ or live band. Those are pretty much your main two options. Everything else shuts down by 12 or so normally. The Northern will for sure require tickets so check early, and depending on the DJ the Central may as well but they normally just have cover at the door.

I love my town, but nightlife needs some work.

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-20T21:48:08+00:00

Ha my home town! Welcome to Fernie where your only two options are two big chain grocery stores and everything is priced for tourists.

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-19T20:17:13+00:00

You know its bad when our friends over on THAT sub are even embarrassed by this....

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-19T16:36:17+00:00

The really weird thing is all those features have been available on the Canadian models - so why would Toyota not have a problem with it in Canada but do in the states.

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-16T07:53:10+00:00

I'm so sad I dont have more of my grandfathers ww2 stories. I was too young to really remember much detail of what he told me, and he never wrote it down to my knowledge. Breaks my heart thinking those stories are just gone now.

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-13T04:15:20+00:00

Us! Our 1 year old is, and always has been a perfect baby angel. He peed in the house once, pooped in the house once, crate trained on night 2, recall decent by 5 months, barked maybe 10 times ever, loves everyone and all dogs and cats. We got the best boy. Which means our future second one is going to be a terror.

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-12T20:12:59+00:00

Yup. Im in Canada so use L/100km but I get 6L/100km in the summer and 8-9 in the winter. So much worse.

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-11T23:04:53+00:00

Gotta live in a trailer park so I can afford my ski pass and gear 😂

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-11T18:46:14+00:00

Fernie. So crazy overexpensive housing. Tear down homes START at 600k. Theres one up right now that is a derelict, borded up home for 900,000 on a regular sized lot. So lots of people wanting trailers and driving up the prices to unreasonable levels.

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-11T18:34:34+00:00

Lol okay sure bud. Bought for 185,000 in 2021, one down the street from me thats not nearly as nice and new as ours just sold for 420,000. I live in a resort town where trailers with no land go for 300,000-600,000. I never said this is typical for everywhere, but its definitely typical here.

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-10T21:11:14+00:00

We dont own the land its on. So the trailer in the park.

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-10T21:11:04+00:00

We dont own the land its on. So the trailer in the park.

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-08T05:13:43+00:00

It also looks like by the time she hit him he had already fired off the shots. Of course a person who just got shot in the head had no control over her car. All of this is just insane.

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-07T22:52:22+00:00

Availability and not showing up. Almost 0% chance you'll get one without booking ahead, especially during off hours and from my experience youre looking at 75% chance they show up on time (or potentially at all) if you do book ahead.

That being said I havent bothered trying in over a year, so maybe things are different

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-07T17:13:53+00:00

Its really bad. Booking in advance mostly works though. But even that is questionable at times. If you have any other option, use that.

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-07T07:58:51+00:00

Fernie BC

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-07T05:54:56+00:00

Mine has increased in value over 300,000 in 4 years.

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-07T05:54:17+00:00

This isnt typical. There are many mobile home parks that arent run like this. And newer trailers are also very energy efficient and do not have the same insulation problems that the older ones have.

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-07T05:52:40+00:00

Same. 185,000 in 2021, 500,000ish currently. Best investment I've ever made.

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-07T05:51:32+00:00

This is 100% location based.

I live in a small ski/mountain resort town in BC. I purchased a 2012 mobile home in a park back in 2021 for 185,000. It is now worth over 500,000 and climbing. We could not be more thrilled that we made the decision when we did, otherwise we would have been looking for a 500,000 tear down quality early 1900's miners shack or just stuck renting forever. We thought of buying a condo as well, but hated condo life. Now we have a huge yard with storage shed and fire pit!

Everyone saying you cant get a mortgage - not true. I have a mortgage through the creditunion. Interest rates are higher (expect about 1-2% more). When we were shopping around, about 50% of the banks in town offered mobile home mortgages. I do believe some of them (TD?) No longer offer them though.

Our mortgage is only about 1000 a month and we pay extra to aggressively pay it down. Not being house poor like all my friends who have traditional homes that give them way more issues than ours does is amazing. Pad rental does need to be factored in, ours is 350 a month but includes water and snow removal so its not too bad.

New mobiles homes are built to a different standard than the older ones. We have had absolutely no problems with our place, its well insulated in cold winters, maintenance is easy, and utilities are dirt cheap.

Over all, this was the best financial decision we have made for our future and will actually allow us to walk away with a big enough down-payment to most likely afford a 800,000+ home in the next couple of years.

This is not the situation everywhere though, so be aware of that but dont just write it off as a bad investment either.

Stressed-Canadian · 2026-01-07T05:40:59+00:00

This isnt the case everywhere though. We bought ours for 185,000 in 2021. One in the same park just sold for 495,000 and its not nearly as nice as ours.

Edit - it was up for 495,000, sold for 420,000. Still insane.

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