The Stemwinder Solar Lodge is Simply Kimberley's newest property located at the Kimberley Alpine Resort base at 124 Stemwinder Drive. Fully powered by the sun, this is Kimberley's only vacation rental property to sleep 12 in individual real beds with no pull-out sofas, no bunks and all the amenities you need (hot tub, wood-burning stove, garage, off-street parking). Fully wheelchair accessible and made for multi-family ski trips! Fill it up with friends and family!
Tod, the owner, is a tourism professional operating Simply Kimberley; a boutique vacation rental company that focuses on lodging and private charter transportation. Our team cares passionately about tourism in Kimberley and will happily help facilitate your Kimberley experience! The Stemwinder Solar Lodge is set up for contactless check-in with keyless entry. The door and garage codes are shared before your arrival. NOTE: please sign up for our email newsletter to learn more about the Simply Kimberley story.
Stemwinder Drive is the main entrance to the Kimberley Alpine Resort base area. Note, you can cross-country ski from the back door over to the Trickle Creek golf course where XC skiing is permitted. In summer, it's a 5-minute walk to Trickle Creek Golf Course although most of our golf groups choose our golf-shuttle option.
Most guests arrive by car. However, if you’d like a private shuttle, our transportation business, Resort Tours and Transportation, provides charter transportation from YXC, YYC or FCA (Kalispell). In summer, our primary clientele is golf groups who enjoy our packaged green fees with our daily shuttles.
The Stemwinder Solar Lodge has access to the neighbouring paths and 160+ km of biking and hiking trails. The property itself is accessed through the front door (with wheelchair ramp), ground-level back entrance or the single-car garage.
This lodge has a serious “WOW” factor. You step into a huge entrance room through the french door front entrance complete with front entryway common washroom. Drop your footwear and head into the main lodge with kitchen and living space with wood-burning stove. After a long day of golf, skiing or mountain biking, retire to the bubbling jets of the hot tub on the back deck. When it’s time to retire roll on upstairs, open your bedroom window and you’ll hear peace and quiet of the Purcell Mountains whispering your name.
Improvements:
* high-capacity heat pump installed in June 2024.
* paved front driveway completed in May 2024
* 24.3 kW solar generation installed in May 2024 > the lodge produces 100% of it's power requirements from the sun!
A free mountain to town ski hill shuttle is available during winter operated by the City of Kimberley. Our sister-company, Resort Tours runs a fleet of charter vehicles available for private charter.
Kimberley's largest vacation rental - the Stemwinder Solar Lodge. This custom-finished, 5000 sq foot lodge is 500m from the main chairlift, across the street from the Trickle Cr. golf course. It's the perfect property for large family ski groups in winter and 12-person golf groups in summer. The back deck has an eight-person hot tub plus a brand new, 3-burner Weber natural gas BBQ. You'll bask under the golden larches (of the new mural) while warming by the wood-burning stove!
The Stemwinder Solar Lodge is modelled after a European chalet with eight, private bedrooms. Six of the bedrooms have ensuite bathrooms and a half-bath common area on the main. The separate walkout suite (2 bedrooms + 1 bath) has become the games room with a billiard table and access to the backyard games. In spring 2025, a putting-green style, landscape grass (AstroTurf) is being installed in the new 8' by 40' bocce pit/putting green/yard-game zone that was constructed from local-timbers in fall 2024. A fun place to hang out before retreating indoors by 10p (City of Kimberley noise bylaw).
The main floor hosts the master bedroom with a king bed and a twin bed. This bedroom also has its own private door out to the back deck with the hot tub and BBQ. The upper floor has four bedrooms, each with a private bath. Three of the four upper-floor bedrooms have a king or queen plus a twin bed; the fourth has a single queen. The open common area of the upper floor houses a 6-person card table, and the library shelves are loaded with books and games. The open area also has a sitting area with a 55" + Smart TV with Telus Optik sports package.
The lower-level bedroom (bdrm 6) has a king with ensuite bathroom. Bedroom 7 has a double bed, and bdrm 8 has a queen bed. These two bedrooms are in the former basement suite and share a full bathroom. Many of our golf group organizers choose to sleep in these rooms as they're removed from the noise of any late-night gathering upstairs.
The living room has been designed as the ultimate place to relax yet be in the action. A wood-burning stove for both heat and ambiance provides a glow to this hang-out space. An absolutely beautiful new dining table was crafted on the West Coast in 2024 and comfortably seats 14. The fully equipped kitchen with an island has an additional four seats.
This is a wheel-chair friendly lodge with an accessible entry ramp and wheel-in bathroom and shower on the master, main floor bedroom. The only accessible property on Stemwinder Drive at Kimberley Alpine Resort!
The City of Kimberley is governed by a Good Neighbour Bylaw and our quiet hours of 10 PM - 7 AM must be respected. Stemwinder Drive is a mixed street of full-time residences and vacation rentals. To protect our property and to respect our neighbours, the Stemwinder Lodge is NOT a “party home”. While we encourage our guests to have a good time, please contact us to help rent condos for your group if you're coming to Kimberley to seriously party. We operate with License STRU 2024-005 and are permitted up to 12 adult occupants. For larger groups, please contact us.
For additional security purposes, the front door's exterior is monitored by an Ecobee Smart Camera doorbell and the back deck has a Minut device installed to monitor and report real-time noise decibel levels. We take our good neighbour's responsibility seriously.
