Mountain Spirit Resort & Spa

The Kimberley Conference & Athlete Training Centre was named number 1 state-of-the-art conference venue by Alberta Venture Magazine. Click here to read the article.

The construction of the Kimberley Conference Centre & Sports Training Centre is progressing extremely well. I know because I can see it easily from Mountain Spirit Resort, which happened to be designed and constructed by the same architect and construction team: BCMP Architects (recently merged with Omicron) and New Dawn Developments.

Kimberley Conference Centre & Athlete Training Centre

This state of the art, dual purpose facility is the first of its kind to be constructed in North America. The building will be comprised of 24,000 square feet of space over two levels. One level offers multiple meeting and conference set up options. The second will be a ski-in sports training centre, designed with Paralympic athletes at the forefront, and of course, fully accessible.

Some questioned the location in Kimberley Alpine Resort rather than downtown, but doesn’t it make total sense? For meetings, conferences, weddings and other events the conference facility, which can hold up to 500 people seated theatre style, is located at the base of one of BC’s largest ski resorts, with superb accommodation and amenities at Mountain Spirit Resort located just a few hundred metres away, in addition to a variety of other accommodation options. The future spa will offer an ideal outlet for attendees and athletes alike to soothe aching muscles, or simply relax and rejuvenate. The resort offers dining and entertainment options however the downtown core is only a few minutes by car or public transit. Venturing to the platzl visitors can walk and enjoy the many independent coffee shops and restaurants and browse the variety of stores.

Kimberley is clearly entering a new era with the Conference Centre and Athlete Training Centre opening in October.

It was like waking up on Christmas morning as a kid. Instead of rushing to the Christmas tree to see if Santa had been, my hubby kept peeking under the blinds to see if it was still “powing” outside. And it was!

By 8:30am I was in the line up for Kimberley Alpine Resort’s high speed quad.

I knew where I was headed… to the Easter chair by the fastest possible route (Rung).

I was third in the line up.

Being a snow boarder, it usually takes longer to get my bindings sorted when I get off the quad.

I’d have to be super fast not to lose my prime position in the lift line for the Easter.

Thankfully most of the skiers were excited for skiing the main in powder and weren’t planning on the runs with a steeper pitch on the “back side”.

A couple of minutes later I was on the Easter Chair, panting and excited after having floated my way down Rung and Caper.

Happy faces after fresh tracks all morning!