Golf in Crowsnest Pass, BC

This past weekend was a long holiday weekend in Canada known as Victoria Day. We drove south to Whitefish, MT for the long weekend and took in some hiking and golfing. We took quite a few pictures so I'll split them up over the next several posts. 

On the way to Whitefish, we stopped in British Columbia for some "mountain golf." The course is set in Crowsnest Pass, which is located in southeast BC and is the southernmost rail and highway route through the Canadian Rockies and also the lowest-elevation mountain pass in Canada. 

These little community courses don't get many visitors. It's mostly locals that play the course, so they were really happy to see some new faces and were excited to tell us all about the "bear sightings" on the course. Really? Should we take our bear spray? We were encouraged to take a power cart instead of using our pull-carts, and after hearing about the bears, we decided that might be a good idea. No bears were sighted, and we enjoyed some great scenery. 

First green on the Crowsnest golf course.

I match the ladies' tee markers. Cute little crows.

Golf stud.

I'm pretty sure my ball was in that trap.

Hard to concentrate on golf with views like this!

Glad I wasn't pushing my cart on these hills.

Elk along the highway to Whitefish.

Double rainbow on the way into Whitefish.

We stayed at Grouse Mountain Lodge. A grouse looks like a mini turkey.