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.

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).

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.

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

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