# Fairmont Hot Springs

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 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
### By bus

* 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. (updated Mar 2022)

## See

* 50.3125-115.8961 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. (updated Aug 2020)

## Do

* 50.327544-115.8420441 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. (updated Aug 2020)
* Golf: Fairmont Hot Springs is home to three golf courses, all managed by Fairmont Hot Springs Resort.
** 50.33358-115.8554692 Creekside Golf Course, Hot Springs Road, ☏ +1 250-345-6660. (updated Aug 2020)
** 50.333694-115.8534693 Mountainside Golf Course, Hot Springs Road, ☏ +1 250-345-6514. (updated Aug 2020)
** 50.330456-115.8634084 Riverside Golf Course, 5097 Riverview Road, ☏ +1 250-345-6346. (updated Aug 2020)
* 50.339456-115.8256925 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). (updated Aug 2020)

## Buy

Fairmont Hot Springs' strip mall just east of Highway 93/95 has most of the local shopping including the following:
* 50.33719-115.855821 Fairmont Mountainside Market, 8-4992 Fairmont Frontage Rd, ☏ +1 250-345-0045. Grocery store. (updated May 2023)
* 50.33746-115.855842 Purple Cow Gift Shop, 5-4992 Fairmont Frontage Rd, ☏ +1 250-345-6133. (updated May 2023)

## Eat and drink

Places 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.
* 50.3283-115.842751 Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, 5225 Fairmont Resort Road, ☏ +1 250-345-6070, toll-free: +1-800-663-4979. Has several restaurants in the resort. (updated May 2023)
** Antlers at the lodge
** Bear’s Paw Bar & Grill
** Steamers Café
** Desperados
** Mountainside Grille
** Dapper’s Landing
** Sundance
* 50.33779-115.855842 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. (updated May 2023)
* 50.3367-115.854983 Barpa Bill's at Tony's Greek Grill, 5009 Hot Springs Rd, ☏ +1 250-345-0050. (updated May 2023)

## Sleep

* 50.32813-115.842491 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. (updated May 2018)
* 50.32587-115.843182 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. (updated May 2018)
* 50.32091-115.865343 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. (updated May 2018)
* 50.33173-115.861644 Apple Tree Inn (Apple Tree Inn), 5052 River View Road, ☏ +1-250-347-0011, appletreeinnradium@gmail.com. (updated Aug 2022)