Fairmont Hot Springs
human settlement in British Columbia, Canada
Fairmont Hot Springs is an unincorporated community of about 475 people in East Kootenays, British Columbia.
Understand
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Fairmont Hot Springs is a small unincorporated community of 476. It is best known for its natural hot springs and three golf courses as well as a small, family-oriented ski hill.
Get in
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Map of Fairmont Hot Springs
Fairmont Hot Springs is accessed by car on Highway 93/95, 26 km (16 mi) south of Invermere and 108 km (67 mi) north of Cranbrook; it's about 3½ hours west of Calgary.
Get around
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edit- BC Transit (Columbia Valley Transit System), toll-free: +1-877-343-2461. Operates bus a route Monday to Friday, traveling between Invermere and Fairmont Hot Springs. Another bus route operates between Invermere and Edgewater with stops in Radium Hot Springs.
See
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- 1 Dutch Creek Hoodoos. A few minutes South of Fairmont Hot Springs beside the Highway 93/95 are the hoodoos. The hoodoos are sandstone cliffs with hiking trails. The hoodoos can also be viewed from the top of Fairmont ski hill.
Do
edit- 1 Hot Springs, 5225 Fairmont Resort Road (inside Fairmont Hot Spring Resort). Daily 8AM to 9PM. The hot springs features three pools; a hot pool, cold pool with swimming lanes and a diving pool with two diving boards. Entry to the pools in included with ski hill day passes. Adult $12, seniors (65+) and youth (13-17) $11, children (4-12) $10, 3 & under free.
- Golf: Fairmont Hot Springs is home to three golf courses, all managed by Fairmont Hot Springs Resort.
- 2 Creekside Golf Course, Hot Springs Road, ☏ +1 250-345-6660.
- 3 Mountainside Golf Course, Hot Springs Road, ☏ +1 250-345-6514.
- 4 Riverside Golf Course, 5097 Riverview Road, ☏ +1 250-345-6346.
- 5 Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area, ☏ +1 250-345-6029. Family-friendly ski area with 12 runs ranging from green to black diamond, something for everyone and 3 lifts (including the Pony Express).
Buy
editFairmont Hot Springs' strip mall just east of Highway 93/95 has most of the local shopping including the following:
- 1 Fairmont Mountainside Market, 8-4992 Fairmont Frontage Rd, ☏ +1 250-345-0045. Grocery store.
- 2 Purple Cow Gift Shop, 5-4992 Fairmont Frontage Rd, ☏ +1 250-345-6133.
Eat and drink
editPlaces to eat and drink are limited to the Fairmont Hot Springs Resort and a handful of places on the east side of Highway 93/95 within a block of the highway, between Wills Rd and Fairmont Resort Rd.
- 1 Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, 5225 Fairmont Resort Road, ☏ +1 250-345-6070, toll-free: +1-800-663-4979. Has several restaurants in the resort.
- Antlers at the lodge
- Bear’s Paw Bar & Grill
- Steamers Café
- Desperados
- Mountainside Grille
- Dapper’s Landing
- Sundance
- 2 Fairmont Pizza & Icecream Parlor, 1-4992 Fairmont Frontage Rd, ☏ +1 250-345-6233. Located within the main strip mall shopping area, just east of Highway 93/95.
- 3 Barpa Bill's at Tony's Greek Grill, 5009 Hot Springs Rd, ☏ +1 250-345-0050.
Sleep
edit- 1 Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, 5225 Fairmont Resort Road, ☏ +1 250-345-6070, toll-free: +1-800-663-4979. Lodging options including rooms with lofts, kitchenettes, and well-appointed suites with in-room soaker tubs and fireplaces. Free parking and free wireless internet. Economy room from $139 double.
- 2 Fairmont Hot Spring Resort's RV Resort, ☏ +1 250-345-6033. Free wireless internet; pull-through sites with cable TV, water and sewer; lectrical hook-ups (amps available – 30 and 50); washrooms with hot showers and flush toilets; coin-operated laundromat; sani-dump; playground; aturally heated mineral hot pools (entrance fee applies); pet-friendly. Open from April 15. $50-65.
- 3 Fairmont Hot Spring Resort's Spruce Grove Campground, ☏ +1 250-345-6561, toll-free: +1-888-629-4004. 143 camping and tenting sites (some of which are fully serviced) and a free heated swimming pool. Open from April 15. Tent site $31-33, serviced site $51-54.
- 4 Apple Tree Inn (Apple Tree Inn), 5052 River View Road, ☏ +1-250-347-0011, appletreeinnradium@gmail.com.
