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Accommodations and Camping
Trickle Creek Lodge
(500 Stemwinder Dr., 250/427-5175 or 877/282-1200,
www.tricklecreeklodge.com
,
$159-229 s or d) is at the base of Kimberley Alpine Resort.
This contemporary log and stone structure holds 80 spacious rooms, each with a kitchen,
balcony, and fireplace. Guest facilities include a fitness center and a year-round slopeside
outdoor heated pool and hot tub complex.
Kimberley Riverside Campground
(250/427-2929,
www.kimberleycampground.com
,
May-mid-Oct., $26-38) is seven kilometers (4.3 miles) south of downtown on Highway
95A and then three kilometers (1.9 miles) west along St. Mary's River Road. It's a large fa-
cility with an outdoor pool, a convenience store, a playground, and treed sites within walk-
ing distance of the river.
Food
Bean Tree
(295 Spokane St., 250/427-7889, noon-3pm and 6pm-10pm daily, lunches
$6-10) is a cozy, small-town café at the north end of the Platzl. Coffee is as good as it gets
in town, and there are a few tables in the back room for enjoying light lunches and over-
sized cinnamon buns.
Kimberley has two Bavarian-themed restaurants worth recommending. The
Gasthaus
(250/427-4851, 5-9pm Tues.-Sun., $12-21) in the Platzl features German specialties such
as bratwurst,
rheinischer sauerbraten,
Wiener schnitzel, and
kassler rippchen.
Away from
the Platzl,
Old Bauernhaus
(280 Norton Ave., 250/427-5133, 5pm-9pm Thurs.-Mon.,
$22.50-30.50) features Bavarian specialties and plenty of atmosphere. It's in a post-and-
beam building originally constructed about 350 years ago in southern Bavaria. The building
was taken apart, shipped to Canada, and painstakingly rebuilt.
Information
For information on Kimberley and the surrounding area, drop by
Kimberley Visitor
Centre
(270 Kimberley Ave., 250/427-3666,
www.tourismkimberley.com
, 10am-6pm daily
July-Aug., 10am-5pm Mon.-Sat. Sept.-June), at the north end of the Platzl.
This stretch of highway passes through a wide valley filled with farms, golf courses, and
small towns. The low elevation makes for relatively mild winters and an early start to the
summer season. And with the Purcell Mountains on one side and the Rockies on the other,
the valley certainly doesn't lack for scenery.
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