Nipika Mountain Resort — Hotel in Area F (Columbia Lake/Windermere Lake)

My wife and I had our wedding here. If you're considering having your special day here - in short: do it. The folks at Nipika really know what they're doing.

The planning phase: Marni and Bev were extremely helpful, from managing the cabin payments to suggestions on where to host the various parts of the day.

The food: Options were delicious. A couple of our friends are vegan, two are celiacs. The staff were very accomadating, and the food we had in the end was amazing (prime rib with yorkshire puddings: delicious). Ann, the caterer, did a great job.

The cabins: They're awesome. Beautiful and rustic, yet with all the modern amenities you'd expect. Everything is clean and well maintained. A few of them have large decks, perfect for having little mini-gatherings throughout the weekend.

The barn (for speeches, dinner and dancing): Just great. Two floors, just enough space. I think we had 70 people or so, and we squeezed in. After dinner we just moved the tables aside and had plenty of space. They have a projector if you want to put anything up, and a nice sound system. We had a DJ, and there was space for him to set up as well.

And a few random notes: Marni is the best. She drove us all over the place with our photographer to get some truly amazing photos. Seriously, the photo tour was priceless. The grounds are beautiful. If you're a city-dweller like us, it was such a lovely change of pace to have those beautiful mountain views. My family really enjoyed it as well. It rained (Heavily!) during our ceremony, outside. We were initially panicking but Marni and the rest handled it like pros, wiping down the benches and handing out umbrellas. They even had a cart to give rides to the grandparents. It ended up being a great time. We were going to have a toast outside afterwards, but we just moved it to the barn instead. They transported the champagne and glasses so quickly no one even realized the plan had changed! They have so many awesome lawn games to play. I only wish we had more spare time to enjoy them! Everyone had something fun to do, all the time. They were super accommodating. We got a keg and big batch of donuts from inveremere, and they offered to drive them in the day of for us! They recommended putting down some small lights to mark the path between barn and cabins. We did it, and it was definitely worthwhile - it gets dark!

I'd give them 6/5 if I could. Worth every penny. My only regret is we couldn't...

We stayed at the Cross River Cabin at Nipika for a long-weekend as part of a bike/gravel race at the resort. We had an AMAZING time. I was there with my two kids (12 and 14) and my parents (grandparents) and everyone was extremely comfortable, there was everything we needed at the cabin in regards to kitchenware (no toaster) and lots of space for everyone to sleep. The beds are extremely comfortable. There was so much to do on the resort for the kids being older they had lots of fun at the swimming pond, we used the sauna, we went for a great hike and bike ride right from the resort. As a family, we all had an amazing time and really enjoyed everything that was at the resort. We took lots of layers to wear and I definitely recommend using the big plastic bin to put all your dry food goods in (and extra toilet paper) to avoid a mouse being in your cabin. I think this would be an amazing resort to have a large family gathering with numerous ages of kids, it would be amazing to have a wellness retreat or a wedding there. There is just so much to do an no need to leave the resort whatsoever. We had a great little day-trip into Radium Hot Springs to soak but other than that we stayed there and enjoyed our nervous system reset. ...

We stayed at the Cross River Cabin at Nipika for a long-weekend as part of a bike/gravel race at the resort. We had an AMAZING time. I was there with my two kids (12 and 14) and my parents (grandparents) and everyone was extremely comfortable, there was everything we needed at the cabin in regards to kitchenware (no toaster) and lots of space for everyone to sleep. The beds are extremely comfortable. There was so much to do on the resort for the kids being older they had lots of fun at the swimming pond, we used the sauna, we went for a great hike and bike ride right from the resort. As a family, we all had an amazing time and really enjoyed everything that was at the resort. We took lots of layers to wear and I definitely recommend using the big plastic bin to put all your dry food goods in (and extra toilet paper) to avoid a mouse being in your cabin. I think this would be an amazing resort to have a large family gathering with numerous ages of kids, it would be amazing to have a wellness retreat or a wedding there. There is just so much to do an no need to leave the resort whatsoever. We had a great little day-trip into Radium Hot Springs to soak but other than that we stayed there and enjoyed our nervous system reset. ...