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Fairmont Bridge across the Columbia River: Fairmont Hot Springs: 187.21: 116.33: Riverview Road, Fairmont Resort Road: Invermere: 210.29: 130.67: Athalmer Road: Access to Panorama Mountain: Radium Hot Springs: 223.45: 138.85: Highway 93 north (Banff–Windermere Highway) – Kootenay National Park, Banff, Lake Louise: North end of Hwy 93 ...
Fairmont Bridge across the Columbia River: Fairmont Hot Springs: 190.85: 118.59: Riverview Road, Fairmont Resort Road: Invermere: 213.93: 132.93: Athalmer Road: Access to Panorama Mountain: Radium Hot Springs: 227.09: 141.11: Highway 95 north – Golden: North end of Hwy 95 concurrency; south end of Banff–Windermere Highway: Kootenay National ...
Fairmont Hot Springs is home to the Dutch Creek Hoodoos, which are sandstone cliffs with hiking trails located next to Dutch Creek, a source of the Columbia River and formerly a salmon breeding stream. Fairmont provides the only road access to Columbia Lake Provincial Park, five kilometers south. Fairmont Hot Springs Airport is located here.
Panorama Mountain Resort is a ski and golf resort in Canada, located in the Purcell Mountains of southeastern British Columbia. Part of the Columbia Valley sub-region of the East Kootenay region, it is a tourist destination known for its rolling cliffs and views of the Rocky Mountains. It is privately owned by Panorama Mountain Village Inc. [2]
The hot spring water flows from the spring sources at approximately 151 liters per minute at a temperature of 158 °F / 70 °C. Reports from the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology records the major ions in the chemical make-up of the water as: Calcium 4.270 mg/L, Sodium 180 mg/L, Potassium 3.9 mg/L, silica 71.7 mg/L, Bicarbonate 124.9 mg/L, Carbonate 12.2 mg/L, Chloride 17.52 mg/L, Sulfate ...
In addition the hot springs (with waterslide and four naturally heated pools, both indoor and outdoor), the resort includes an 18-hole golf course, and 153 guest rooms, as well as a spa and restaurant. [5] It is located at 1500 Fairmont Road in Fairmont. [6]
These destinations include Fairmont, Panorama, Kimberley, Purden, Kicking Horse and the original Bugaboo heli-ski lodge. Numerous other ski touring and back country lodges are also found here. The summer sports of golf, boating, fishing, and hiking round out the appeal to a growing weekend and permanent recreational population.
The hot springs were named after the radioactive element when an analysis of the water showed that it contained small traces of radon which is a decay product of radium. [3] The radiation dosage from bathing in the pools is inconsequential: approximately 0.13 millirems (1.3 μSv ) from the water for a half-hour bathing, around ten times average ...