SBK

Pulled the trigger on the Swiss Chalet, of the places in my price range it got far and away the best reviews.

Super stoked to be heading up there in February for 3 days on the hill. All I need is my new board.

Thanks for all the feedback.

Jenzo

Why no mention of the Revelstoke lodge? Nice old building and has a hottub.

SBK

I looked at almost every place I could find via the web. Didn't fair as well on TripAdvisor.com, came in at #11 of 15 hotels rated. Swiss Chalet came in at #3 only behind the Sutton and Best Western which were close to double the price.

Looks like a nice place though. They offer snowmobile packages and not ski & snowboard packages which is a littl strange.

chupacabraman

I'm sure Revelstoke Lodge is alright too... never been inside there though. But it doesn't really stand apart. Besides the few hotels mentioned above in this thread, Revy is full of a dozen other "basic motels" which all offer about the same deal (basic room, ski package, same prices)
This all is irelevant though - if you're going to Revy you're going to shred some sick mountain and great pow... all you need is a bed that works. (unless you want to pimp it at Nelsen Lodge). So anything works really.

Jenzo

Pretty much all of them offer some kind of package you have to phone and ask about it.

SBK

Thanks again for all the info. Spent 4 nights at the Swiss Chalet. Really enjoyed the place. Clean rooms, friendly staff and a decent breakfast spread. Rooms are a little cozy and if you have noisy neighbors like we did one morning you will hear them. Train noise was a non-issue IMO since they weren't blowing their horns.

Enjoyed RMR even though we didn't get any fresh snow. Had 3 good groomer days, especially the last day which was really sunny.

Hit several restaurants in town and on the slopes. Everyone was very friendly.

Look forward to coming up again and hopefully getting some of that famous powder.

Listheeb21

I'm not sure where you're from, but how would you compare prices for your Revy trip to a trip to CO or UT? I'm looking at an interior BC trip for next season, but not if it's gonna cost markedly more than a comparable trip in the States. Thanks.

SBK

Things tend to be a little pricier in Canada with the exchange rate not being favorable. I've never been to CO but two trips to SLC. The difference for us was transportation. We drove to Revy, flew to SLC and rented a car there. My guess is if you have to fly and rent a car Canada is going to be a lot more expensive. The thing about SLC, assuming you want to hit Snowbird, Solitude and Brighton, is you can get room deals and discount tickets in town plus if you wanted to you probably could avoid a rental car if you are close to the tram line and or bus line that takes you to the hill(s). SLC is set up pretty nicely that way. If you wanted to go further from town then you'd need a car. If you have a few people to split the cost then it ends up a small expense. If you fly SW Airlines you can put all your gear in your board bag and check that as your one piece of luggage and avoid extra expenses. You'd need to check weight and dimension restrictions but it worked well for us.

There aren't big towns in the BC interior so I assume rentla car prices and flights will be more. Gas is more expensive, around $4.50 a gallon, and there isn't alot of lodging options so they tend to be more too. There are a lot of nice resorts up there though. We ran into several people who were doing multi-week trips hitting several resorts.

chupacabraman

There is no difference in the exchange rate, and there hasn't been a significant one in a couple years now... XE: (CAD/USD) Canadian Dollar to US Dollar Rate
(but you are totally right about most things costing a little more in Canada compared to the states)

SBK

That's true and it's been close to 1 to 1 for a while. I guess I'm old enough to remember when we used to get a 20-40% "discount" when we went up north.

A lot of things were priced accordingly to reflect the exchange rate disparity but never went down when the Canadian dollar got stronger. An 80+ CDN lift ticket didn't seem that high when the Canadian dollar was 0.65 on the US dollar but now that is way more than anything in Washington or Oregon.

I think some of us took the US dollar being stronger as a birth rite. I guess Americans going to Australia right now are having a real rude awakening.