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Don Weixl
Greywolf Golf Course Don Weixl
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Craig Douce
Dramatic canyon walls surround the Radium hot springs pool photo by Craig Douce
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Kari Medig
Fairmont Hot Springs photo Destination BC Kari Medig
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Kari Medig
Golfing at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort photo Destination BC Kari Medig
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Lyndsay Esson
Kootenay Rockies photo Lyndsay Esson
By Travel BC
While mountain vistas are a natural feature at many BC golf courses, few can claim soothing post-game indulgences courtesy of Mother Nature.
The Radium Golf Group, for example, boasts two premier courses which showcase their settings to the best advantage. The Springs Course sits high on the banks of the Columbia River, seamlessly blending heart-thumping challenges with naturally scenic views, while The Radium Course, framed by the Purcell and Rocky Mountain ranges, skirts along the border of Kootenay National Park. As a bonus, both courses have been extensively renovated, offering enhanced playability and an improved experience for golfers of all skill levels. Post-game pursuits? A soak in the famed hot springs promises a blissfully natural après-golf alternative.
Further south, Fairmont Hot Springs Resort offers classic, tree-lined fairways on the championship Mountainside Golf Course, while intricate water features and a strikingly beautiful backdrop entice on the Columbia River-lined Riverside Golf Course, where the play crosses the rushing Columbia River six times over 18 holes.
Greywolf Golf Course, set nearly 1,200 metres (4,000 feet) up in the Purcell Range at Panorama Mountain Resort, makes the most of the area’s jagged peaks, and glacier-fed creeks with steep elevation changes and long drives across whitewater creeks. The 6th hole, dubbed Cliffhanger, lies on a plateau green with sheer drops on three sides. Panorama Springs, with its ski-in, ski-out access, is home to Canada's largest on-mountain hot pools — the perfect locale to soak the day away.
And lastly but definitely not least, alpine rivers are the water feature of choice at Trickle Creek Golf Resort, a Les Furber design in Kimberley, where players drive shots across mountain streams. Further north in Golden, the Golden Golf Club boasts tree-lined fairways, natural forest and show-stopping holes, a select few winding in spectacular fashion along the Columbia River bank.
To watch the Columbia Valley Golf Trail video, click here.