Fairmont Hot Springs/Canada
Fairmont Hot Springs Resort
Odourless calcium-rich mineral water in the Columbia Valley, Rocky Mountain Trench.
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- Bathing
- Outdoor
- Established
- 1922
- Accommodation
- Hotel on site
Fairmont's springs rise in the Columbia Valley between the Rockies and the Purcells, feeding a series of large open-air pools stepped down the hillside. The water is unusually free of sulphur, so it carries no smell — a calcium- and sulphate-rich mineral water that leaves pale tufa deposits on the slope above the resort.
Balnevia view
Why visit
Big, warm, open pools with a genuine mountain horizon, and no sulphur smell — the easiest thermal soak in the Canadian Rockies for anyone travelling with family.
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The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Fairmont springs
- Mineralisation
- Calcium- and sulphate-rich mineral water, low in sulphides
- Character
- Odourless mineral water — unusually free of sulphur — depositing pale tufa on the slope above the pools.
History
Ktunaxa people used the springs long before European settlement, and a bathhouse and resort were developed from the 1920s onward, growing into the present year-round resort. The original natural pools and old tufa terraces sit just uphill from the modern complex.
Practical information
Open year-round with hotel, campground and lodges on site; day passes are sold to non-guests. Towel and locker rental is available.
Getting there
On Highway 93/95 between Invermere and Canal Flats, about three hours west of Calgary.
Location
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