Nine rooms on the Kicking Horse.
A timber-frame inn on the river bank, a short walk over the footbridge to town, with a wood-fired sauna and gold larches on every slope in October.
The house
Built from the valley it looks at.
Ines and Callum raised the frame in 2009 from Douglas fir cut near Parson, and laid the floors in western larch from the same mill. Every post, brace and peg you can see is holding the house up.
The rooms are plain on purpose: wool blankets, a good reading lamp, a window on the river or the trees. The house is where people end up, in the kitchen in the morning and around the stove after dark.
Rooms
Wool blankets, fir posts, no televisions.
Every rate includes breakfast for everyone in the room.
River Rooms
Four rooms on the water side, each with a queen bed and a window over the water. You hear the river all night. From $245 a night.
Loft Rooms
Three rooms under the roof trusses with a skylight over a king or two singles. From $265 a night.
The Larch Suite
The corner of the house, with a woodstove, two armchairs and windows on two sides of the valley. Sleeps two. $410 a night.
The Bunk Room
Two timber bunks and a bench for packs, for families and climbing partners. Sleeps four. $290 a night.
A day here
From first coffee to boots on the rack
Morning
Breakfast at the long table
Eggs from a farm in Nicholson, sourdough baked the night before, and coffee on the woodstove from seven. Tell us by nine and we pack it for the trail.
Midday
Trail notes, not a brochure
Callum keeps notes on every route he has walked this season, from the larch hikes up at the ski hill to the quiet river trail for days when your legs are done.
Late afternoon
The sauna gets lit
Callum lights the stove at three and the sauna on the bank is hot by five. The river is the cold plunge, if you are brave.
Evening
Boots off, stove on
Wet boots go on the rack by the radiator and are dry by morning. We keep a list of the places in town that serve late, and a flashlight by the door for the walk back.
October at the house
Mornings in, afternoons up high
We came for the larches and stayed in because of that sauna. Callum sketched us a route on the back of a napkin and it was the best day of the trip.
Anjali, Calgary
The Larch Suite, October
Before you pack
What guests ask us first
When do the larches turn?
Usually from the last week of September to the middle of October, a little earlier up high. Those weeks book first, so write early.
Is there a minimum stay?
Two nights on weekends from December to March and through larch season. One night is fine the rest of the year.
Can we bring the dog?
Two of the River Rooms take dogs, with a $30 cleaning fee per stay. Tell us when you book and there will be a towel by the door.
What if we have to cancel?
Full refund up to fourteen days before you arrive. Inside that, we refund whatever nights we can rebook.
Are you open all year?
Every month except November, when we close for three weeks to oil the floors and rest.
The river side goes first in October.
Tell us your dates and how many of you there are. We answer within the day, from the front desk rather than a booking engine.
Book
Tell us your dates
Nothing is charged until we write back to confirm the room.
Call
(250) 555-0162Hours
- Monday–Sunday
- 8am–9pm
Check-in from 3 pm, check-out by 11 am.