Chicamon Springs 301

Top floor, and you can tell This is the highest unit in the Chicamon Springs building, which buys you two things: mountain views out over the resort that the lower floors do not get, and nobody walking around above your head. You are still ski-in/ski-out, so the runs at Kimberley Alpine Resort start where the building ends.

Three bedrooms, three bathrooms A king in the first bedroom and a queen in each of the other two, with a full bathroom for every bedroom. Six people, three doors, three showers, and no morning queue. That ratio is rare at this price anywhere on a Canadian mountain, and it is the reason this unit works for two families or a group of friends who like each other but not that much.

Your own hot tub The hot tub is private to this unit rather than a shared resort tub, so the soak after a day on the North Star or Vimy Ridge runs happens on your schedule. In summer it is where the evening ends up after a round at Trickle Creek.

Cooking and staying in Full kitchen with oven and stove, dishwasher, microwave, toaster, kettle, blender, pots and pans, crockery, cutlery and wine glasses, and a dining table with room for everyone. In-suite washer and dryer means you go home with a clean bag. An indoor fireplace handles the cold evenings, air conditioning handles the warm ones, and board games handle the weather day.

Working and connecting Wi-Fi here runs at 250+ Mbps, which is faster than most Kootenay mountain rentals manage, and there is space to set up a laptop. If someone in the group has to take a call, it will not be an ordeal.

Beyond the snow The Kimberley Nordic Centre trails are close for cross-country skiing, and the same ground turns into hiking and mountain biking once the snow goes. Trickle Creek Golf Resort and Bootleg Gap are both nearby. Downtown, the Bavarian-themed Platzl has restaurants, a brewery and the Happy Hans clock, and the whole thing is small enough to walk.