Recreational Property for Sale: Radium Hot Springs, Fairmont Hot Springs and Fernie Resort Real Estate on the Rise

With a natural beauty that is unsurpassed anywhere in the recreational real estate market of British Columbia, these three towns are well known for their hot springs. The Kootenay Rockies real estate resort market presents the Hot Springs at Radium, Fairmont and Fernie where you will find flowing rivers, hot waters, old growth forests, deep natural canyons and mineral rich caves that will do wonders to your skin, body and mind. The extensive geothermal activities fo the Radium Hot Springs and Fairmont Hot Springs have proven to provide therapeutic benefits, so why not venture out to the BC Kootenay Rockies to experience this once in a lifetime opportunity. On the other side, you have Fernie, with it’s amazing all season resort actities from skiing and snowboarding to snowcat and alpine air. Whether you are in it for the hot or the cold, the Kootenay Rockies is where you can experience it all, right at your doorstep at Fernie resort real estate, Radium and Fairmont Hot Springs. Information taken from the BC Home and Resort magazine and written by Tracey R.

Radium Hot Springs Real Estate At a Glance

Be sure to keep watch for wildlife here in Radium Hot Springs, predominantly the gregarious bighorn sheep who bound like mule deer, climbing the steep terrain. During the fall, winter and spring, bighorn sheep of the Radium Stoddart herd are frequently spotted in the Village of Radium Hot Springs and on neighbouring low elevation bench lands and the valley bottom. Although the Radium Hot Springs real estate market is renowned for Rocky Mountin bighorns, ti is the odourless, healing, hot water springs where the Radium Hot Springs name comes from. The hot springs integrates outdoor wilderness with premier spa facilities. Located in the UNESCO Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site, the all natural outdoor Radium Hot Springs pools are set admist the rock walls of Sinclair Canyon in Kootenay National Park. The new Pleiades Massage and Spa services include Hot Stone, Reiki, Shiatsu, Reflexology, and Wrapture. Other amenities at the Radium Hot Springs includes jetted pool plunge, two west treatement rooms and steam room. Renowned internationally as a resort town, the Radium Hot Springs real estate market is well acknowledged as “Canadian’s largest mineral spring’s pool,” and remains one of BC’s fastest growing resort communities. The Village or Radium Hot Springs populations was 813 in 2005 according to the BC Municipal and Regional District Population Estimates, showing an 8.5 per cent growth from 2004. It is likely that growth will continue as the infrastructure and economic reports indicate that Radium Hot Springs real estate community is taking progressive steps forward. Your perfect retreat in Radium Hot Springs is at Sable Ridge resort property, conveniently positioned within minutes of the Springs. The wood clad building is topped with peaked roofs and dormers. Choose from a mix of one two, and three bedroom Sable Ridge Radium Hot Springs reale state suites with views of the beautiful Radium Valley. At the heart of the Sable Ridge resort complex in Radium Hot Springs property market is a 1,600 square foot clubhouse complete with a statuesque fireplace and a full kitchen. Outside the Sable Ridge clubhouse, take a swim in the pool, or soak in one of the two hot tubs. A bbq area compliments the common area amenities, allowing home owners and guests of Sable Ridge Radium Hot Springs to get to know their neighbours. Golf awaits you just steps from your door, and the hot springs at Radium real estate are just minutes away. “The municipality is in the final planning stages of a community beautification and enhancement program that will see major improvements to the business core fronting Highway 93/95,” according to Radium Hot Spring’s economic development centre. “The emphasis is on a more attractive streetscape in order to entice the travelling public out of their vehicles and get them walking around town. The real estate project also includes implementation of a pathway system linking the commercial core with Sinclair Creeek green space and Kootenay National Park trails.” Keeping pace with the rest of the Columbia Valley, Radium Hot Springs real estate has become a four season resort town with avarious accommodations offering a special packages for skiers, boarders and snowmobilers. Warmer climes attract golfers of all levels to both the 18 hole Radium Course and Springs Course at Radium Hot Springs Resort real estate. Check out the area’s public Edgewater Hilltop course, Spur Valley Greens and Se-Tetkwa Golf Course.

Fairmont Hot Springs Real Estate at a Glance

It’s not often that on questionsthe science or geology behind a hot spring: technoic plages, tectonic forces, small fissures, and discussions about the earth’s mantle might trigger the blood to surge and circulate in those with an insatiable curiosity, but generally, it’s the therapeutic waters that take care of that at the Fairmont Hot Springs BC resort real estate community. Fairmont Hot Springs is Canada’s largest, natural and odourless mineral pool with temperature ranging from 35 degrees to 48 degrees Celsius (open year round). Tucked above the headwaters of the Columbia River on the east side of the Columbia Valley (20 minutes south of Invermere and the Resort at Castlerock real estate development), and the Purcell Range on the west, the nearly 1,000 square metre pool beckons bathers with its curative powers. Over 1.5 million gallons of mineral rich hot springs water flow through the Fairmont Hot Springs pools daily. In addition to the large, public hot pool complex, lodge guests enjoy a private hot, soaking pool within a short walk from guest suites and the spa facilities. A 20 minute dip is all that is required to help you feel rejuvenated and relaxed with an overall sense of well being. The Resort at Fairmont Hot Springs real estate community has been awarded the prestigious 4 ½ star designation and features five restaurants (some overlooking the pools), entertainment and conference facilities. Guided by the bold visio of Ken Fowler Enterprises, the rejuvenation of Fairmont Hot Springs Resort is now in full swing. Among the many exciting enhancements and additions planned for this world renowned destination of Fairmont Hot Springs Resort one fot eh most talked about is the exciting arraw of new real estate choices form Fairmont Mountain Resort BC recreational property that began in Spring 2008 with the release of 56 Fairmont Mountainside Ridge homesites connected to the community by a new valley trail system. The new master plan for the Fairmont Hot Springs resort real estate is designed to dramatically elevate the quality of the community with brand new mineral hot pools, a new village, improved golf, an expansion fo the ski resort and much more. Sales for Fairmont Hot Springs homes in the first of the villages new lodges are expected to begin very soon. Lcoated on the prestigious Fairmont Ridge, Marble Canyon resort real estate development is selling its final phase of pre-sale condominiums, rich with attitude and style. With Fairmont Hot Springs real estate investment options such as co-ownership, also known as fractional ownership, it matches your property investment dollars to the actual amount of time you plan on using your vacation property. Co-ownership of resort real estate at the Fairmont Hot Springs offers all the benefits of ownership for a fraction of the cost without management or maintenance hassles. Marble Canyon real estate resort owners have the opportunity to generage rental revenue in the event that they choose not to use their time for their own vacation. The helpful staff at Fairmont Creek will be pleased to provide you with concierge services, for example: grocery shopping, golf tee times and spa appointments. In addition, the pre-construction Fairmont Marble Canyon real estate development have begun work on Fairmont Ridge Resort in Fairmont, which will be available for occupancy in the spring of 2009. “Interest in Fairmont’s newest real estate development has been very high and the sales brisk,” says Susa, Marble Canyon Developments. These two, three, four and five bedroom comfortable luxury accommodations of unparalled excellence include such features as billiards room, granite kitchen counters, leather furniture, sundecks, Jacuzzi tubs and air conditioning just to name a few. The Fairmont Valley real estate market is a four season destination anchored by a vibrant village core where recreation is plentiful from season to season.

Fernie Real Estate

Skiers and boarders alike wait all year for the famous Kootenay powder and an opportunity to experience some of BC’s bst winter alpine adventure. Visible from anywhere in the Elk Valley and particularly impressive when view looking west down Fernie’s Main Street, Fernie Alpine Resort ranks as one of North America’s top ski destinations. Averaging an annual snowfall that could cover a three storey building and voted one of Skiing magazines “top five resorts for powder” make this a leading winter vacation resort. It prides itself on its black diamond powder, so you bring you’re a game to these slopes. Set in the Elk Valley, Fernie real estate attractive heritage core, fishing, mountain biking, and king mecca, have positioned the town of Fernie beyond a one season destination. The area’s hallmarks include fresh powder, pure water, wildlife, and unparalleled vistas fuelling a growing recreational economy. Trico Homes new resort and recreational division, TricoFreedom, has carefully chosen the perfect landscape for your resort lifestyle in Fernie real estate market. Currently underway is Cedar Crest Fernie, seven stylish townhomes in the high end Alpine Trails area. These luxury Fernie residences are flanked by towering Mount Hosmer and include unbeatable views of the Elk River.