Bear Mountain Resort Quick Facts

Bear Mountain Resort

Bear Mountain Resort, the premiere master-planned resort community on Vancouver Island, defines resort living. Boasting Canada's first and only 36-hole Nicklaus Design golf offering with a future Nicklaus Academy, the lush mountainside community features a montage of residential and vacation real estate opportunities as well as The Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort & Spa, Victoria. Medical and traditional aesthetics at the Santé Spa, a dining mecca with eclectic and world-class restaurants, the state-of-the-art Mountainside Athletic Club and The Village round out the complete lifestyle experience, all within minutes of the beautiful seaside harbour of Victoria, British Columbia.

Founder and Investing Partners

Former National Hockey League star Len Barrie founded Bear Mountain Resort in 2001. Other prominent NHL investors include former Calgary Flames Mike Vernon, former Florida Panthers Joe Nieuwendyk, Rob Niedermayer of the Anaheim Ducks, Ray Whitney of the Carolina Hurricanes and Ryan Smyth of the Colorado Avalanche.

Real Estate Offering

Bear Mountain Resort offers a variety of real estate opportunities including homesites, townhomes, condominiums and fractional ownership. Over the next 10 to 12 years, Bear Mountain will have 1,112 single family lots, 1,997 condominiums and 220 townhomes, totaling 3,329 residences. The current available real estate offering includes:

Estate Lots

Ranging in size from 14,000 square feet to 60,000 square feet
Prices range from $1 million to $1.7 million CAD

Single Family Lots

Ranging in size from 6,000 square feet to 12,000 square feet
Prices range from $235,000 to $550,000 CAD

Gated Townhomes
Ranging in size from 2,800 square feet to 4,000 square feet
Prices range from $1.4 million CAD

Condominiums

Both low- and high-rise condos available
Ranging in size from 460 square feet to 2,400 square feet
Prices range from $200,000 up to $2.4 million CAD

Executive Fractional Ownership

Ranging in size from 500 square feet to 1,775 square feet
Prices range from $85,000 to $175,000 CAD for a 1/4 share

Bear Mountain Golf & Country Club

Bear Mountain Resort is home to the first and only Nicklaus co-designed course on Vancouver Island and, with the completion of the Valley Course, Canada's only 36-hole Nicklaus-designed resort.

The Jack and Steve Nicklaus co-designed Mountain Course is an 18-hole, 7,083 yard, par-71 course that features a 19th betting hole.

The Nicklaus Design Valley Course an 18-hole, 6,807 yard, par-71 course.

The Club will issue a maximum 475 memberships for access to the Mountain Course. Upon completion of the Valley Course, the limit will increase to 800 memberships.

Member services include bag drop and cleaning, lockers, golf carts equipped with GPS, British Columbia Golf Association membership and handicapping system, preferred guest rates and membership in the Jack Nicklaus International Golf Club, allowing for reciprocal rates at participating Nicklaus courses.

The Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort & Spa, Victoria:

The 160,000 square foot, six-story Clubhouse building features the second phase of The Westin Bear Mountain, offering 91 of the 156 guest rooms and one- and two-bedroom suites.

All rooms and suites feature The Westin's signature Heavenly Beds® and Heavenly Baths®, high-speed Internet, kitchenettes and a private balcony. The suites also feature a dining room area and separate living area with sofa bed.
Hotel rates range from $149 CAD for a guest room to $399 CAD for a two-bedroom suite per night.

The Clubhouse building houses the Santé Spa Bear Mountain, a 6,000 square foot conference facility (the largest available outside of downtown Victoria), luxurious private member locker rooms, an 800 square foot pro shop, and two dining options, the Copper Rock Grill, Panache, and the Masters Lounge.

The Mountainside Athletic Club (MAC):

The Mountainside Athletic Club (MAC) is the first athletic facility on Vancouver Island to offer state-of-the-art Paramount Fitness equipment and has more than 3,000 square feet of space devoted to fitness.

The MAC offers body composition testing and nutritional counseling; specialty programs for golfers, runners, swimmers and triathletes; a ladies-only gym; year-round outdoor-heated salt water pool; outdoor hot tub; fully equipped fitness studio with yoga, pilates, spinning and more; personal training; daycare services; and a juice bar.
Access to the MAC is included in the resort fee for Westin guests.
Membership to the MAC starts at $50 for your initiation fee with monthly dues of $75 and is not included in real estate purchases.

Santé Spa:

The Santé Spa Bear Mountain, affiliated with Calgary’s Institut de Santé - Canada’s leader in medical spas, is located in the Clubhouse and provides the highest standards in treatment administered by skilled therapists and medical professionals.
Santé Spa Bear Mountain was recognized as one of SpaFinder’s top ten medical spas in the world.

The 12,000 square foot spa includes a fully-landscaped terrace with nautilus-shaped mineral pool, deck and labyrinth; 12 treatment rooms including a duet room and VIP suite; Vichy shower system; manicure/pedicure and makeup stations; guest lounge with fireplace and terrace with food service; men’s and women’s change rooms with lockers, saunas and showers; and personalized “Living Better” lifestyle programs from Santé and MAC teams.

Milestones

June 8 2006 Grand opening of The Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort & Spa
Spring 2008 Driving Range opens
Summer 2008 Opening of the first 9 holes of the 18-hole Valley Course
Spring 2009 Grand opening of the 18-hole Valley Course

Victoria & Vancouver Island, British Columbia:

Bear Mountain Resort is approximately 25 minutes from downtown Victoria on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The capital city of Victoria has the mildest climate in Canada and is called The Garden City because of its abundance of flowers all year round, as the area enjoys warm and dry summer, and mild, wet winters. Victoria has the best of both worlds with the Pacific Ocean at its feet and mountain vistas all around and attracts approximately 3.5 million visitors per year. Selected as one of the top cities in the Americas and as the top North American Island by Condé Nast Traveler, Victoria offers a myriad of outdoor activities both on and off the water including hiking, biking, sailing, whale-watching, fishing and shopping. In addition, Vancouver Island has been voted the “Best Island in the Continental U.S. and Canada” in 2007, 2005, 2002 and 2001 and “sixth best island in the world” by Travel + Leisure, for eight straight years.

ABOUT BEAR MOUNTAIN RESORT

Bear Mountain Resort, the premiere master-planned resort community on Vancouver Island, defines resort living. The only resort in Canada to feature 36 holes of Nicklaus Design golf with a future Nicklaus Academy, this lush mountainside community features a montage of residential and vacation real estate opportunities as well as The Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort & Spa, Victoria. Medical and traditional aesthetics at the Santé Spa, a dining mecca with eclectic and world-class restaurants, the state-of-the-art Mountainside Athletic Club and The Village round out the complete lifestyle experience, all within minutes of the beautiful seaside harbour of Victoria, British Columbia. For more information, visit www.bearmountain.ca or call 1.888.533.BEAR.