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104 BRITISH COLUMBIA GOLF TRAIL PROFILE Trail combined to form a consortium. Called the Columbia Valley Golf Trail, it is comprised of a mix of layouts from charming to world class that is guaranteed to meet the desires of players of all types. Aside from great golf, this region is also renowned for its other vacation and recreation options. Between the courses you will discover warm water lakes, beautiful beaches, hot springs, and enough adventure to last a lifetime. The "go-to" start point to set up your Columbia Valley Golf Trail (CVGT) vacation is their user-friendly, website, www.columbiavalleygolftrail.com. The people at the CVGT have set up a site that gives you a complete range of options from learning more about Golf The Columbia Valley From Radium Hot Springs to Fairmont Hot Springs, nine of the must-play courses in the BC Rockies have the member facilities to booking individual rounds to getting an online quote for your entire vacation. Booking individual rounds is done using the GolfSwitch system where you can see weekly tee time specials and even see reviews from other players while the Instant Golf Package Quotes are handled by Golf Canada's West. Their "Instant Quote" engine is designed to help you plan the perfect "Stay & Play" package. A simple two- step process has you choose your dates, your hotel preference and courses you wish to play.Your quote will be instantly produced for you. Then you can either go back to modify the quote, or if it is exactly as you want, you can provide them with your contact information and your quote will be emailed to you for your review. They have a great contest where you can enter to win rounds of golf along the entire Trail. Simply click the sweepstakes button on any page and sign up for their email newsletter for your chance to win. There is also a section that talks about the region's communities: Radium Hot Springs, Invermere-on-the-lake, Panorama, Windermere, and Fairmont Hot Springs. Listings of restaurants and other activities are being added throughout the season. There is even a section that offers other golf specials and many of the resorts have their own packages that they promote on the website. For example, Panorama Mountain Village offers a premium package with Greywolf and Eagle Ranch from $145 per person per night. It includes 2 night's accommodation in a gold studio condo with full kitchen, rounds of golf at both courses plus access to the incredible Panorama Springs pools. Radium Resort has a two day Rocky Mountain Golf Getaway from $175 per person that includes two nights of premier accommodation overlooking the beautiful Resort Course plus access to all resort amenities and one round anytime and another after 2:00 pm. Fairmont Hot Springs has A Stay & Play Special from $89 per person per night with accommodation for two sharing a standard mountain view room , one round of golf per person (not including golf cart). Added in is unlimited access to Canada's largest natural hot mineral pools and exclusive guest pools complex, featuring steam room, sauna, hot and cold plunge pools and private outdoor hot mineral pools. The new Copper Point Resort offers a 2 night, 2 round Stay & Play Special from $259 per midweek night that includes accommodation, one round on the Copper Point course and one round on the Ridge. Please note that these specials, as well as the entire site, are being updated all the time, so go check out columbiavalleygolftrail.com often! IMAGE CREDIT CONNERY IMAGE CREDIT DANI TSCHUDIN