Banff Beaver Cabins

We stayed for 4 nights June 2023 and really enjoyed it. The cabin had everything we needed and the property was very well maintained. Katrin was so friendly and eager to make recommendations — from coffee shops to hikes. The location was great and easy to walk to breakfast/dinner or just pop downtown to people watch. This was so much more fun too than a hotel. We sat in the gazebo or grassy area each night to map out our plans for the next day.

We stayed in the Gopher Basement Cabin.
You enter the cabin at ground level and have to descend a fairly steep set of steps to the main part of the cabin. The steps have a couple of loose covers on the front of the steps which are easy to trip up on and the rail is loose.
Entering the kitchen there is a decent sized fridge. The cooking facilities are very mixed. There's a decent range of knives, a very useful slow-cooker and a good sized microwave. The pans provided are of very poor quality with very uneven bases making one of them extremely slow to warm up. Because of their poor quality, food caught on the bottom every single use.
The bedroom is poorly laid out and the main bed, which is comfortable enough is within a metre of the toilet door which isn't ideal. The toilet which also houses the shower is cold.
The TV was rubbish with very few channels available and a picture that went off if you walked close to it. I mentioned it on our arrival but nothing changed except instructions on how to bypass the numerous unavailable channels which was very tedious.
Decor in the cabin is dated and in need of upgrading. This is exacerbated by it being a rather gloomy and dark place due to very little natural light.
Heating in the cabin was controlled in the cabin above so we had no control over the temperature which varied from too hot to too cold in the course of our 4 week stay, though there is an electric heater to top up the temperature.

We needed accommodation in Banff while skiing. The cabins gave us privacy for all the family. The kitchen was well equipped for us to eat from there. The position is great — near to the centre of town, and to the shuttle stops to get to the slopes. It was also really affordable.

We stayed in Bear Cabin for two nights and were very satisfied with the easy and flexible checkin, clean, cozy, and quiet room, lovely garden (where we ran into a deer family one day morning), and merely a few steps to Banff Ave — so much to do in the area! The parking lot sometimes got pretty packed but we do appreciate that it saved us a lot of energy (and $) from parking in the busy Banff town. We would love to come back again!

We stayed in the gopher basement suite, it’s compact but perfect for a base for exploring the town. So close to everything! We spent hardly any time in here as they’re so much to do in and around Banff even when it’s raining. Kitchen was well equipped if you wanted to eat in. Only issue for me was the shower was a little low for me being 6ft. Beds were comfortable and we only heard people up stars walking around occasionally. Will definitely be back!