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

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

Fairmont Hot Springs is accessed by car on on Highway 93/95, 26 km south of Invermere and 108 km north of Cranbrook; it's about 3½ hours west of Calgary.

Get around

By bus

• BC Transit (Columbia Valley Transit System). 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. 2022-03-27

See

• 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. 2020-08-10

Do

• Hot Springs, 5225 Fairmont Resort Road (inside Fairmont Hot Spring Resort), 50.327544°, -115.842044°. 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 2020-08-10

• Golf: Fairmont Hot Springs is home to three golf courses, all managed by Fairmont Hot Springs Resort.

  • Creekside Golf Course, Hot Springs Road, 50.333580°, -115.855469°, +1 250-345-6660. 2020-08-10
  • Mountainside Golf Course, Hot Springs Road, 50.333694°, -115.853469°, +1 250-345-6514. 2020-08-10
  • Riverside Golf Course, 5097 Riverview Road, 50.330456°, -115.863408°, +1 250-345-6346. 2020-08-10

• Ski (Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area), 50.339456°, -115.825692°, +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). 2020-08-10

Buy

Fairmont Hot Springs strip mall has the Mountainside Market and Fairmont Village Gift Shop.

Eat and drink

Fairmont Hot Springs strip mall has Rockies Pizzeria, and a Greek restaurant: Tony's Greek Grill and Juice Bar.

The resort offers six restaurants:

• Mountain Flowers Restaurant
• Bear’s Paw Bar & Grill
• Steamers Café
• Desperados family-friendly restaurant
• Mountainside Grille
• Dapper’s Landing

Sleep

• Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, 5225 Fairmont Resort Road, +1 250-345-6070. 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 2018-05-21
• 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 2018-05-21
• Spruce Grove Campground, +1 250-345-6561. 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 2018-05-21
• Apple Tree Inn (Apple Tree Inn), 5052 River View Road, 50.33173°, -115.86164°, +1-250-347-0011, appletreeinnradium@gmail.com. 2022-08-20

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