The valley ledger

The Rockies, with room to breathe.

Radium Hot Springs sits at the edge of Kootenay National Park, south of Banff and a world quieter. Cedar & Stone is the basecamp for hot water, mountain roads, slow food, and the rare luxury of not lining up for everything.

Steam rising near Radium Hot Springs in the Columbia Valley
Radium Hot Springs50.62° N
Minutes
to Radium Hot Springs
At the door
Kootenay National Park
Down the road
golf, lakes, valley towns
Zero
lineups, if we time it right
How we send you out

Three valley days worth stealing.

Pick the mood. We handle timing, breakfast, parking notes, and the small local details that keep a trip from feeling manufactured.

Steam rising off the mineral pools at Radium Hot Springs
The mineral poolsDay 01

The soak-first day

Start early at Radium, drift back through town for coffee, then return to the lodge before the afternoon rush finds the pool.

08:00
Breakfast at the stone table
09:15
First soak, before the buses
12:30
Coffee and a wander in town
16:00
Back for a quiet evening
A quiet Kootenay National Park valley road at golden hour
Kootenay National ParkDay 02

The Banff alternative

Same mountain drama, fewer elbows. Kootenay National Park, Invermere, and the valley roads give you the trip without the parking-lot combat.

08:30
Slow breakfast, no alarm guilt
10:00
Marble Canyon + the Paint Pots
14:00
Invermere for lunch and the lake
18:30
Dinner worth writing down
A hiking trail winding through the Columbia Valley
The valley trailsDay 03

The lake-and-trail day

Hanging valleys, lake roads, and enough fresh air to make dinner feel earned. We send you out with timing notes and a picnic if you want one.

07:30
Breakfast, then boots
09:00
Trailhead while it is cool
13:00
Picnic basket, lake view
17:00
Hot springs to close the loop
The honest math

Two nights here run close to one in Banff.

Same Rockies, same national parks, same golden hour. What you give up is the crowd. What you get back is a slow breakfast, a quiet soak, and a room that is minutes from all of it.

The mountains
Still enormous
The hot springs
Minutes, not hours
The lineups
Left in Banff
Breakfast
Included, homemade

Between the big things

A seasonal market stall in the Columbia Valley
Local markets
A cafe plate at a Columbia Valley stop worth the detour
Food + coffee stops
A golf fairway backed by the Rockies near Radium
Green season

We keep a short list of places worth the detour, then tell you what is actually good this week. Ask at breakfast.

Book direct with the lodge

Pick the dates. We keep the rest simple.

Your reservation lands with us, not a platform. Ask anything before you book: rooms, timing, the springs, dinner worth driving for.

Check-in
4:00 pm
Check-out
11:00 am
Breakfast
Included
Rooms
Five
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