InnFocus Summer 2021

Emerald Lake Lodge
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Located in Yoho National Park, not far from the Alberta border,
Emerald Lake Lodge is designed for those who want to unplug and
get close to nature. But that doesn’t exactly mean roughing it. The
lodge’s parent company, Canadian Rocky Mountain Resorts, is
known for offering exceptional cuisine and luxuriously comfortable
accommodation, and this resort is no exception to that rule.
“The lodge has been around for ages,” says Caitlyn Murphy, CRMR’s
marketing manager. “The O’Connor family, the owners of Canadian
Rocky Mountain Resorts, bought it in 1979 and before that it was a
campground. A lot has changed since then.”
The lodge perches on a 13-acre car-free peninsula in the middle of
glacier-fed Emerald Lake (visitors take a shuttle across a bridge to reach
the resort), and features a main building that houses the restaurant and
lobby, as well as 85 guest rooms divided among 24 cabins. “They
are scattered all around the property,” Murphy says. “Some are in
the forest, some are by the lake itself.”
Cozy mountain tradition is the ambience here, from the centuryold
fireplaces and an oak bar salvaged from an 1890s Yukon saloon
to the hand-hewn timbers, quiet reading rooms, and “epic hot tub”
with surrounding mountain vistas. Guests can hike and paddle in
summer, and ski and snowshoe in winter.
“It’s a place you can go any season,” Murphy says. “There’s a loop
that goes around the lake—it’s about an hour walk, and in winter that
turns into a cross-country ski trail. I like to do a nice loop around the
lake and then have a glass of wine on the patio.”
She adds: “It’s a great, relaxing destination. It’s just the perfect
place to detach from your phone.”
Comfort
in the
Wild
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Courtesy of Emerald Lake Lodge