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Mountain Trek's Exclusive
Lodge
Your
Mountain Trek vacation is based at our private, exclusive 8,000 square
foot mountain lodge and studio, built specifically for the use of our spa
guests in 1991. This timber-framed structure is perfect for a casual
retreat; our facilities are comfortable, immaculately clean, and well
furnished. The scenic view from the lodge is of 90-mile long Kootenay
Lake, overlooking the Purcell Mountains, in the southeastern corner of
British Columbia.
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Mountain Trek Lodge, south view,
at dusk
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Mountain Trek Lodge, looking east to
Kootenay Lake and the Purcell Mountains |
The
elevation of the lodge is at 2,000 feet (although our guests can hike up
to 7,500 feet on the surrounding mountain trails). It is situated just
outside the small (pop.89) village of Ainsworth Hot Springs, and is 20
minutes drive from the town of Kaslo, 45 minutes drive from Nelson, and 1
1/4 hours drive from Castlegar (which is our local airport).
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Relaxing by Kootenay Lake |

Fireplace lounge |
It
is the perfect place to retreat, reflect, renew, rejuvenate, and have some
fun. When our guests arrive, they immediately feel comfortable and relaxed
in a friendly and caring atmosphere.
Our
lodge has 12 private bedrooms, a comfortable fireplace lounge decorated
with local twig furniture and artwork, a scenic dining room seating 14
guests, guest laundry facilities, an outdoor Jacuzzi, sauna, and separate
gym with an exercise/yoga studio and weight room equipped with 8 strength
CYBEX machines and free weights.
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Dining room with a view, seats 14
guests |

Front foyer |
The facilities are surrounded by 34 private
acres of quiet, forested property, and many square miles of crown land. We
are just 5 minutes walk from the hot pools at Ainsworth Hot Springs. The
adjacent area abounds with excellent maintained front and backcountry
hiking trails, biking paths, lake kayaking, caving, and virtually any
outdoor sport in a particularly scenic land.
Our private bedrooms are cozy and small, modest and
comfortable. Each room has a 3-piece ensuite bathroom. They are decorated with
locally made twig furniture, which completes a design theme throughout the
lodge, and handmade quilts, down duvets, and silky sheets. Our bedrooms are perfect for a restful sleep
after an active day! Our bedrooms are not luxury accommodation; as one
guest put it "it's all I need - I'm out hiking all day". We have private rooms for all our single-traveling
guests, as well as couples. In keeping with our retreat philosophy,
bedrooms do not have phones or TV; there is guest access in the lobby to a
public phone and a computer with internet access.

Outdoor Jacuzzi and tired hiker
For
more images of our lodge, please visit the gallery by clicking here.

Super Natural Spa
Mountain Trek Fitness
Retreat & Health Spa,
Box 1352, Ainsworth Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada V0G 1A0
1-800-661-5161
www.hiking.com
info@hiking.com
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