Welcome to "The Silver Fox" - our beautiful Canadian Rocky Mountain home. After a day of adventure in Kicking Horse Country come home to private decks and a hot tub with mountain views across the Rockies. We hope your stay in Kicking Horse will be thrilling, and you will relax and enjoy the stunning backdrop. Please contact us if you don't find all that you need in this website.
"The Silver Fox" is an award-winning ski-in/ski-out 3-storey town home at the heart of Kicking Horse. Sleeping up to 8 adults and 2 children in four bedrooms - flexibly configured as twins, bunks or doubles - the house has two balconies, with barbecue and hot tub. The spacious and comfortable living area features cedar beams, wooden and slate floors with a spectacular gas fireplace, an entertainment system and Bose iPod stand to enjoy. The house boasts a designer kitchen, three bath/shower rooms plus heated double garage with ski rack and boot drier. The rooms feature Canadian Rocky Mountain furnishings, luxurious fabrics and linens, original art and award-winning wildlife photography that perfectly complement the spectacular mountain environment. Enjoy!
Location
It is one of the sought after Selkirk town homes at the base of Kicking Horse Mountain Resort: Unit 6 Selkirk Strata, 1595 Whitetooth Trail. Ski or board straight from the front door down to the main gondola lift "Golden Eagle Express", or simply walk across to the "Pioneer" chairlift behind the house! At the end of the day "Kicking Horse" trail will return you back to "The Silver Fox"!
Bedrooms
Bedroom 1: the Master Bedroom. This top floor bedroom has twin beds which can be pushed together into a king size bed, ensuite bathroom, and picture window. Enjoy the views from the window seat looking up to the "Dogtooth" and up "Pioneer" chairlift to the ski slopes.
Bedroom 2: the Canadian log bedroom. This bedroom is a favourite with its rustic log bunkbed (queen size bed below and single above). Romantics can cosy up under the grizzly bear patchwork quilt!
Bedroom 3: the Douglas bedroom. This bedroom is light and bright and looks towards the Rockies. It has a queen size bed with a single above, crafted from Douglas fir by a local furniture maker.
(Bedrooms 2 and 3 on the top floor share a shower room).
Bedroom 4: the Scottish room. We have chosen flamboyant red tartan bed linens for the twin size beds, which can be joined into a king size bed, to remind us of our Scottish roots back in Edinburgh!
(Bedroom 4 is on the ground floor with its own shower room).
Kitchen
The open plan kitchen lies at the heart of the living area on the second floor. It features rustic slate tiling, sparkling granite worktops and traditional wood and wrought ironmongery. The kitchen has a large oven and microwave, and a full range of cooking utensils and kitchen equipment for your holiday celebrations.
Living Area
There's a large open plan living area complete with a dining table and chairs, breakfast bar, sofas and deep armchairs, coffee tables, flatscreen TV and spectacular gas fire in a slate hearth. We've got antique skis and snowshoes on the wall, and timeless Swiss railway prints which remind us of the origins of our favourite sport!
Entertainment
There is a Bose iPod player with a remote control plus adapter plates for the regular, Mini and Nano iPods. There is an audio visual (AV) system with a large flat screen TV, satellite receiver, DVD/CD player and radio/amplifier.
Hot Tub
A relaxing and surreal Canadian winter experience, outside on the balcony by the living area. Plastic glasses for your beers and wine are provided!
Gas barbecue
On the balcony by the hot tub. Please take great care!
Phone
There is a phone in the house with local calls (i.e. 344-####) provided free, but you will need to use a prepaid telephone card or toll free numbers to make long distance calls.
Internet
Broadband isn't yet readily available in the resort. There are computer terminals with broadband in the Kicking Horse General Store in the village.
Laundry
There is a washing machine and tumble drier in the ground floor shower room.
Drying Clothes
We keep a wooden clothes rack next to the bootdrier in the garage. The thermostat in the garage keeps the temperature in a 10-15 °C range easily drying clothes.
Garage
Heated, and with loads of space for two cars.
Ski-Rack & Snowboard Storage
In the garage we have provided racks for skis, and slots in the bench for storing snowboards.
Boot & Glove Drier
There's space for 8 pairs of boots and 8 pairs of gloves! An electronic timer activates the heater twice a day from 8-9am and 4-6pm.
Heating
The house is warm and cosy with underfloor heating, electric base board heaters controlled by wall thermostats and a 3-sided gas fire in the main living room - beautiful and practical.
