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By Kendra Scott, Associate Plannner at Firefly Occasions Inc.
Last week I was invited up to take a tour of Kicking Horse in beautiful Golden Bri
tish Columbia! Is it just me or do the mountains get prettier the longer you drive through them?
What an adventure! Our tour started off with a visit to each of the three independent boutique mountain lodges at the Resort. There really is something for everybody at this resort and even better is how each lodge supports the others and encourages combining each-others amenities to make your wedding day special.
We were treated to amazing sample wedding menu’s at both Corks Restaurant and Eagle
s Eye Restaurant including the most delicious desserts 
The staff at each location we visited were super friendly and very welcoming. One of the best features of this resort is that it is pet friendly! If you like cats, you have to visit Whiskey at the Highland Lodge…if you’re not a cat fan, Andy was pretty great as well
The Rocky Mountains are a beautiful spot to host your wedding day and Kicking Horse Mountain Resort has some wonderful accommodations, wonderful food, wonderful staff and wonderful views….which is fine if everything goes wonderfully at your wedding. What might be more important is how the venue handles a tough or unexpected situation and….they were wonderful
!
As beautiful as the Rocky Mountains are, this area isn’t known for its calm and predictable weather…especially at the top of a 7500 foot mountain peak. Known for it’s breathtaking views, we were invited to take the gondola up to Eagles Eye Restaurant. While enjoying our mouth watering lunch, mother nature kicked up a storm…lets call it a white out with 90 km/h winds. There was no view unfortunately and the gondola was stopped for safety reasons. Catastrophe? Not so much, if you’re going to be stuck somewhere, a warm restaurant with great food, wine and a crackling fireplace is the place to be! In fact I think I speak for everyone when I say that we were all quite content to sit and sip wine all afternoon. Unfortunately we did have to get back to Calgary at some point and the staff were working very hard to make sure that could happen. Violet Thumlert (Sales Representative at Kicking Horse) even snowboarded down the mountain to find my fiance who had been waiting in the lobby for me and to take another wedding planner’s dog for a walk while we were stuck.
So what was plan B? Sleds…seriously, I’m not kidding, and this group of wedding planners was so thrilled and excited for that adventure. Ski-doo’s headed up the mountain to our rescue complete with full snowsuits and winter gear for everyone! People pay big money for these rides! But don’t worry, if you’re like me with a fear of heights and speed you’re not limited to the double black runs, there is a road that goes the whole way down Or so we were told, to my luck the gondola started running again just as the first group of us had gotten into our snowsuits!
Overall this was a really great experience and a very informative tour. I took tons of pictures and videos of each spot and made some great contacts. I’m looking forward to heading back in the summer to see those views.
