What to do and see in Kimberley, Kootenay Rockies: The Best Outdoor Activities

The Kootenay Raft Co is South Eastern BC's premier summer adventure company. Established in 1998, the KRC employs only experienced guides meeting all provincial and national safety standards to ensure the well being of your friends and family.

Horseback ride or hike to breathtaking mountain tops, swim in pristine, crystal clear mountain lakes, sleep in a tepee, observe wildlife, share stories by the campfire, connect! Spirit Trail Adventures at the foot of the Canadian Rockies in Kimberley BC is proud to offer you again the best of low impact and educational Outdoor Adventures in the Canadian backcountry. See you on the Trail!

Northstar Rails to Trails is a 28 km paved path that links the Cities of Cranbrook and Kimberly. Users can bike, run, walk or rollerblade over this picturesque setting. The trail has numerous access/parking areas. The trail uses the old Northstar branch rail bed. Dry toilets are located at 3 points along the route. Makes for great family outing, small groups or individuals. Depending on your fitness level expect the ride from one city to another to take 1-2 hours, but feel free to travel any portion of the trail. Motorized vehicles are not allowed on the trail and we ask you to keep dogs under control.

Our trails are of varying degrees of difficulty and length to accommodate all levels of nordic skiers, for classic and skate techniques. The modern facility includes a comfortable lodge with washrooms, a racer's warming/waxing hut and some trails are specifically constructed to be Paralympic skiing friendly. Night skiing available with a 3 km lit loop open until 10.

Bootleg Gap Golf, located in Kimberley British Columbia, is truly a complete golf facility. With 27 outstanding holes, and a stunning location along the St. Mary River. The Championship course at Bootleg Gap is highlighted with the 12th, a dramatic par-3 that swoops down into the hoodoo-lined hillside and is one of the most scenic par-3s in the region. For variety try the Recreational 9; it's a hybrid and fun for every level of player.

Perfect Purcell powder, an abundance of sunny days and a laid back atmosphere come together to make Kimberley Alpine Resort the top pick for your next ski vacation! Whether you are going to learn to ski at 3 or 93, Kimberley Alpine Resort has a great instructor waiting to teach you. If you are already a seasoned ski veteran Kimberley features 80 runs on 1800 acres with ambitious terrain including the Black Forest glades where powder stashes last for days. With a huge variety of ski in/ski out accommodations, many condo style with kitchens and family fun activities including a skating rink, fat biking trails, night skiing, events and apres activities for the kids or live music in the Stemwinder for the parents, Kimberley truly is the all-around winter playground you have been searching for.

Since 1924, this historic course has proudly proven to be one of the most scenic, charming and challenging golf courses in the Rocky Mountain regions of beautiful British Columbia. With undulating greens and huge Ponderosa pines towering along the fairways, you are in for a true mountain golf experience. Building on tradition and partnering for the future, the staff of Purcell Golf and members of the Kimberley Golf Club are working together to improve and enhance an already exceptional golf experience. Together, we are proud to welcome visitors from around the world to enjoy our course and dining facilities. We look forward to the opportunity to show you why we’re #agoodplacetotee in Kimberley, BC.

A GOLFER'S DREAM Trickle Creek Golf Resort in Kimberley is one of the highest courses in the Kootenay Rockies, located above 4,000 feet (Kimberley, B.C is in fact the city with the highest altitude in Canada), and offers an extraordinary mountain golfing experience. Dramatic elevation changes, peak-filled horizons, gorgeous white-silica bunkers, undulating greens and a solid Les Furber design add up to an unforgettable day of golf. The course traverses the slopes of North Star Mountain, one of the many holes that’s bound to challenge you is the stunning par-3 on signature hole #11. The tee box hangs on a ledge and the green, approximately 175 yards away, is beautifully shelved among spindly pines and a bold collection of snow-white bunkers. Trickle is a "Must Play" by Golf Digest and was voted the number one course in Kimberley & Cranbrook through the B.C Golf Safari client survey.