The Raging Elk Adventure Lodging

This was our first time staying in a hostel. We stayed on the private room side as well as the family room side. It is a very unique place thats for sure. Very snowboarding vibes. If you are into fancy hotels this is not your place. I am rating this a five star experience becasue of the price point. First of furmost the staff is very kind and amazing. Everyone is in great spirirts and make you feel like you belong there. Yes this place needs to be updated but we stayed at this place for two nights for the price of one any where else. The kitchen downstairs has everything you need. You can also put your items in the fridge. No it does not have any breakfast options but if you pack your food it works great. We had no problems with cleanliness. Yes the rooms do not have AC. We just opened the window and let the breeze roll in. It is a bit of a party place but at the end where we were staying it was pretty quite for the most part. I have stayed at fancy hotels where the noise was much much worse. Even the guests were very friendly. Would this be my choice to stay in Fernie again? You bet!

Only allowed individuals 18+ the ability to sit on the nice patio. Inconvenient when you have a family.

Overall I enjoyed our stay at the hostel- we stayed in a four bed family room, which was clean (as was the rest of the hostel) beds and bedding were comfy, and the kitchen contained what we needed to make meals. The location is within walking distance of some shops, cafe’s, restaurants. Unfortunately the family pod we stayed in was super hot throughout the night, as I assume the other family pods are as well. +28 Celsius our first night, the small fan in the room provides little relief on its own, and I found keeping the door and window open cooled the room slightly, but, even though the other guests never made me feel unsafe, I just prefer to have a closed door while sleeping, especially with kids in the room also.The temperature was not bearable with the room closed though. For the second night I bought an extension cord, propped the fan in the slightly opened door, barricaded with a chair because that made me feel better and the fan brought in enough cool night air that made the room comfortable for sleeping.