Hotel in zona Emerald Lake, Columbia-Shuswap A

E'molto sorprendente che sia felice di vivere nella prima fila del lago. È stato meglio confrontare altri hotel che hanno vissuto Banff e Jasper con quanto il rapporto prezzo di questo hotel sia alto. Non andrò in altri hotel Banff in futuro!

Letto pulito e confortevole.Posizione abbastanza buona.Facile da mangiare.

Abbiamo avuto un ottimo soggiorno all'hotel. Mio marito e mio figlio hanno goduto della piscina e le scelte per la colazione erano giuste. Luogo pulito e tranquillo in Golden e la nostra camera era una grandezza decente per una famiglia di 6.

Friendly check in, our room at the corner end. Take a long time to get a hot water. We have to take cold shower

Trovato questo Gem in un'ultima ricerca di un posto per soggiornare nelle montagne. Sfortunatamente, abbiamo solo soggiornato una notte, ma sicuramente ritorneremmo se ci troviamo di nuovo nelle Rockies. La stanza era pulita e confortevole per 4 adulti. Grandi viste, ama il concetto comune della cucina e del piatto di fuoco. Grande modo di incontrare nuove persone. Facile da trovare e non lontano dalle strutture della città di Golden. Non sono sicuro se questo amico di furry è un residente a tempo pieno o no, certo è stato amichevole!

Palliser Lodge, Kicking Horse: The lodge itself is away from the other buildings in the resort, and so you check in at Glacier Lodge in the main part of the resort and then drive up to Palliser. Check-in was friendly and reasonably efficient, if not very proactive. And those on the desk seemed to have little idea about the timings of the resort. When asked when the rental shop shut, we were first told that it had already shut (at 15:30). Another member of staff overheard this and said that it shut at 17:00. Actually, it shuts at 16:30. I would have thought that the questions that people most commonly ask at check-in in a small winter resort involve the opening times and locations of the lift pass office, the rental shop and the lifts. Having got key cards and gone up to Palliser Lodge, we found that the key cards would not open the ski locker. So we had to walk back down to Glacier Lodge to get those changed. Having then finally got into the ski locker, it was apparent that the locking slots on the ski racks did not take two pairs of skis as we had been told at reception, just one pair. So, that involved another trip down to Glacier Lodge to get another ski lock. For me, as a Brit, the condo-style room had the same problems that I have with pretty much all Canadian properties. The beds are too soft, and the lighting is too low. Apart from not being able to see anything, the absence of master light switches at the door and by the bed is a mystery. Instead, there is always a vast array of scattered light switches and lamps that need to be turned on/off individually, with the result that leaving the room or going to bed ends up being a long, complex mission to turn off a plethora of different switches. Oh, and there are never any USB sockets. There was no housekeeping until day 4 of your stay. Since we were only there for three nights this didn’t happen. The amenities in the bathroom were basic but sufficient, and the room had a washing machine and dryer. The rental shop in the resort is not a place I ever need to go back to. Surly staff, who had zero interest in customer service, and who shoved out knackered old equipment that had not been serviced. Excuses about being too busy were pathetic – I want what I have pre-paid for and this was mid-January, without much snow and the resort was pretty empty. I had also signed waivers online, but that whole process needed to be repeated in the shop in ink. The systems in place for collecting pre-booked ski passes were also archaic. I turned up with a spreadsheet for the journey with the booking reference for my ski pass, and my ID etc. etc. But they could not help me without the original email. Quite bizarre, since as far as I could tell the email had no more information on it than I had already given (including the booking reference at the top). We stayed at this property as part of a trip along the ‘Powder Highway’ in January 2023 (although only 50% of that name was correct at the time). The cost of

Winston Lodge is in the vicinity of Golden - some 12 klm or so away from the main town. It is a nice drive to get there from the town. We arrived and the lodge was open, but no-one was at reception (around 4pm). Room key was in an envelope with instructions as to where to find our room. We went in and the air conditioning was on and some nice music playing - we thought this is going to be great!. The room was large, bed large and bathroom very spacious. Room was a little dusty, and the TV a bit too small to see well if you wanted to watch a movie from the bed. The room had a small balcony with a nice outlook to the trees but there were so many mosquitos outside we couldn’t use it. We were there for 2 nights and the only time we saw any staff was when we were checking out. The lodge is described as self catering but I could not see any facilities other than a BBQ - there was one table with only 4 chairs - we were lucky that there were very few guests so we were able to use it one night to eat our takeaway meal from town - there were no restaurants nearby. I dont know if there were any facilities available for our use as there was no-one there to explain what was available for our use. The common area looked old and dusty - if you dont want guests please just say your are closed.