We booked a spur of the moment ski weekend to Lake Louise and decided to check accommodations in Canmore instead of Banff this time. With two adults and two teenage boys, we would need at least two hotel rooms. However, the one bedroom condo we found in Canmore fit our needs perfectly and the low price was more than worth having to travel an extra ten minutes down the road. We will definitely be back!

My fiance and I stayed at Silver Creek Lodge for a weekend in January 2012. We flew into Calgary and made the quick drive to Canmore in a rental car. After a minor snafu with the GPS (for some reason, the Garmin GPS did not bring us to the right location - we didn't program in the address of the hotel, but rather used the search feature selected the hotel), we arrived at the beautiful Silver Creek Lodge!
We stayed in the one bedroom suite - with full kitchen, living room, and decorative fireplace. The kitchen came with pots, pans, serving dishes, utensils, and coffee pot with coffee and filters. Per reception request, we started the dishwasher right before we checked out. The bedroom was spacious and extremely comfortable. Like the kitchen, the bathroom had impeccable finishes and felt very luxurious. We parked our car in the heated, underground garage. Can't comment on the spa or jacuzzi, as we didn't use those during our stay.
Silver Creek Lodge has an excellent location - Safeway is right around the corner, as well as Canmore's main street with excellent restaurants. We ate at the Grizzly Paw Pub twice (recommended by the airport customs agent, as was Silver Creek Lodge!). We also ate a Craig's - a low key family diner walking distance from Silver Creek Lodge. We spent one day of the trip ice climbing with On Top Mountaineering (I highly recommend these folks - our guide was phenomenal!). The next day, we took the bus to Sunshine Village for awesome skiing (the bus picked us up right on the main road behind Silver Creek Lodge and dropped us off - it was SUPER convenient - we walked from the hotel, wore our ski boots right on the bus, and hopped on the gondola not 100 yards from where the bus dropped us off).
We couldn't have asked for more comfortably or practical accommodations - I highly recommend Silver Creek Lodge.

This is our favorite place to go away for a quick trip. It is less than three hours away from Central Alberta, the accommodations are outstanding and the price can't be beat! We treat ourselves at least three weekends a year to a visit to "our little gem" in the mountains!

I spent three nites this weekend at Silver Creek Lodge for the sole purpose of getting out of the city and relaxing! Canmore is the place to go and Silver Creek is THE place to stay. The fresh, modern suites are more than comfortable, spacious and feel just like home. The Bodhi Tree Spa is a hidden gem I will be telling everyone about. Amazing Service from the moment I walked in the door of the Lodge. I can not wait to go back time and time again.