HotelChatter

Hotel Pools / Fairmont Hotels / Jasper Hotels / Canada Hotels / Ski Hotels / Hotel Snapshot / → All Tags

A Hotel Pool You Can Swim In When It's Below Zero

Where: Old Lodge Road, Jasper, AB, Canada, T0E1E0

Many parts of the U.S. are having mild winters but that doesn't mean it's hotel pool weather everywhere. Up in the snowy mountains of Alberta, Canada, you can swim all winter long--even if it's minus 40 outside.

We were skeptical when we first spotted this outdoor pool at The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge last week. It is heated, of course, but look at those mountains! And the snow surrounding the pool edge!

Lucky for us, it wasn't minus 40 as it has been recently in Jasper, but the temp was still hovering in the mid-30s. Of course, curiosity got the better of us and we dragged ourselves out of our snow boots and parka and into a swimsuit.

more ›

Killer View / Canada Hotels / → All Tags

Room With a Killer View: Noisy But Beautiful at the Athabasca

Where: 510 Patricia Street, Jasper, AB, Canada, T0E 1E0

We are suckers for a room with a killer view.  We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.

This view from the Athabasca Hotel in Jasper, Canada, has a story attached: it was a killer view, and a relatively cheap one at that, but it was an anti-stay. The reason is simple, according to traveler appaloosa:

Not a bad view, eh? ... but then again, I should've paid better attention when the reservationist said "You might want to bring earplugs." Our room was right over the all-night, "live entertainment" Atha-B Pub. And if the boom, boom, boom reverberations of an electric bass don't keep you awake half the night, the revellers pouring out of the pub at 3:00AM will.

Or perhaps you could enjoy the view in the off, off season when nobody's there to visit the pub. Summer rates (which are almost double the winter rates) start from C$175 for single or C$395 for a suite for two.

[Photo: appaloosa]