Tell Me About Crowsnest Pass

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

I’ve always liked Chinook Lake. Nice place for your relaxing day on a tube or the walking path that goes around the lake.

Yeah it's nice to go out there for a day but the water is always so cold even in the middle of summer.

[J pold]

It can be windy.

[Torture]

I hope you like the wind.
Beautiful area but that wind would get to me.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Torture

I hope you like the wind.
Beautiful area but that wind would get to me.

That's the reality of living in Southern Alberta whether it be CNP, Pincher Creek, Lethbridge, etc. If you don't like wind, it's not the place for you.

[you&me]

Originally Posted by Tron_fdc

I live in Fernie and I love CP. Excellent biking, amazing hiking, unreal golf, decent hill for night skiing at PP, close to Fernie and Castle for bigger mountain skiing, great sledding, world class fly fishing and (IMO) the brewery is better than Fernie brewing.

Yeah it’s rough around the edges with the miners (same as Fernie) but money is coming in and it’s going to be similar to Canmore. Except it’s really windy.

I wouldn’t think twice.

Re: the bolded, my parent bought a place there 30 years ago on that basis so we spent a lot of time down there growing up... I was just back last week for the first time in probably 20 years and it was... remarkably similar. A few new condos at the east end of Coleman, but that's about it. Even the IGA smelled the same haha (and I found the prices to be reasonable).

None of that's really a problem, necessarily, but I don't think I'd base a lot of my decision making on it becoming "Canmore v2.0".

[Weitz]

It’s too far from a major city to become Canmore 2.0. It’s an ok area but I’d rather spend time in fernie if I had to.

The golf course is over rated in my opinion now too. It’s good but it isn’t better than Kananskis/Stewart creek/silvertip that are all 1.25 hours closer.

[Tron_fdc]

In my excitement of typing I should probably clarify that I don't think it's going to be similar in the sense that it's going to be filled with ultra rich Europeans and million dollar condos. Moreso that it will (and does) resemble Canmore in landscape but at a cheaper price. Somewhat of a hidden gem IMO. I really, really like it there.

Another added bonus; you can also spend your days searching for the lost lemon mine.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Tron_fdc

In my excitement of typing I should probably clarify that I don't think it's going to be similar in the sense that it's going to be filled with ultra rich Europeans and million dollar condos. Moreso that it will (and does) resemble Canmore in landscape but at a cheaper price. Somewhat of a hidden gem IMO. I really, really like it there.

Another added bonus; you can also spend your days searching for the lost lemon mine.

If I were a realtor down there I'd be spreading word that climate change is going to drastically cut the wind levels, and you should get in now.

[BigThief]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Meh. If you are expecting rural Albertans to dress, talk, and act like city people then I supposed you will think everyone outside cities are hillbillies. There are extremes just as there are in the city but there's lots of good people there as I know a lot of them still. Pincher Creek definitely would have more people per capita that qualify as hillbillies. Maybe inbreeding or something in the water but some weird folks in that town. I'll leave it to troutman to come to his own conclusions on the local people after he's spent enough time there but I imagine he will agree with me.

I expect them not to drool when they speak

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Tron_fdc

In my excitement of typing I should probably clarify that I don't think it's going to be similar in the sense that it's going to be filled with ultra rich Europeans and million dollar condos. Moreso that it will (and does) resemble Canmore in landscape but at a cheaper price. Somewhat of a hidden gem IMO. I really, really like it there.

Another added bonus; you can also spend your days searching for the lost lemon mine.

I don't see any ultra-rich Europeans in Canmore tbh. Maybe they just don't interact with me? The quite-rich people I know there are O&G execs, and retired execs.

There is Cairns Landing or whatever that place is called with some mega homes and there are probably other mansions around. I guess I don't know who owns those. Maybe it is rich Europeans. Just weird that I've never encountered them. You'd think they'd be all over hanging with a schlub in a random condo.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Tron_fdc

In my excitement of typing I should probably clarify that I don't think it's going to be similar in the sense that it's going to be filled with ultra rich Europeans and million dollar condos. Moreso that it will (and does) resemble Canmore in landscape but at a cheaper price. Somewhat of a hidden gem IMO. I really, really like it there.

Another added bonus; you can also spend your days searching for the lost lemon mine.

Tell me more about this supposed...'lemon mine.'

[Tron_fdc]

Originally Posted by Sliver

I don't see any ultra-rich Europeans in Canmore tbh. Maybe they just don't interact with me? The quite-rich people I know there are O&G execs, and retired execs.

There is Cairns Landing or whatever that place is called with some mega homes and there are probably other mansions around. I guess I don't know who owns those. Maybe it is rich Europeans. Just weird that I've never encountered them. You'd think they'd be all over hanging with a schlub in a random condo.

Probably because they're all outside heli-hiking and you're afraid of bears!

Wasn't Canmore getting infiltrated by Germans at one point? I haven't been there in a while so probably take my comments with a grain of sarcasm.

[Tron_fdc]

Originally Posted by Locke

Tell me more about this supposed...'lemon mine.'

You haven't heard about this? For shame.

https://mysteriesofcanada.com/albert...st-lemon-mine/

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Tron_fdc

You haven't heard about this? For shame.

https://mysteriesofcanada.com/albert...st-lemon-mine/

I've been focused on Oak Island okay! I have a limit to conjunctual mysteries!

[troutman]

Seems to be a small arts community there, and lots of events in the summer.

https://www.skicastle.ca/huckleberry-festival/

Our annual Huckleberry Festival is our biggest summer event and our team looks forward to welcoming guests from near and far for this special weekend. It brings our community, locals, families, and friends together for a celebration of all things summer.

Enjoy tons of FREE live music, our bbq / beer garden, scenic chairlift rides, berry picking, a mountain (vendor) market, and a chicken & rib dinner to cap it all off. Huckleberry Festival is held the 4th week in August annually.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by troutman

Seems to be a small arts community there, and lots of events in the summer.

https://www.skicastle.ca/huckleberry-festival/

This sounds like a sequel to Midsommar.

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by J pold

It c̶a̶n̶ ̶be windy.

No "can" about it.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Tron_fdc

You haven't heard about this? For shame.

https://mysteriesofcanada.com/albert...st-lemon-mine/

I did not know lemons were mined underground.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Shazam

I did not know lemons were mined underground.

I mean...no wonder nobody can find them...right?

Dig up!

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by BigThief

I expect them not to drool when they speak

Gotta love city slickers proving their own ignorance by projecting it onto other people.