Get the scoop!
You’ve come to the right place to get the scoop on the best ice cream in the Valley! From classic flavours to unique and thirst-quenching to decadent, the Columbia Valley has numerous hot spots for cool treats.
D’s Mini Golf (Leo Burrito) – Radium Hot Springs
Conveniently located on Highway 93 as you enter Radium, D’s Mini Golf offers homemade gelatos and sorbets. Cotton Candy and Bubblegum top the most popular list for kids and Salted Caramel and Strawberry Cheesecake win for adults. There are also classics like Mint Chocolate and refreshing fruit flavours. Locally made in Windermere by Stolen Church Coffee Co., the gelato is always fresh and tasty!
Screamers Ice Cream Café – Radium Hot Springs
Walk into Screamers, on Main Street Radium, and walk back in time. Ice cream favourites include Algonquin Canoe (vanilla with maple and chocolate ripples and canoe-shaped chocolate) for adults and brightly-coloured Monster Cookie and Captain Cyclone for kids. Groove to the ‘50s music coming from the jukebox while you wait on a vinyl stool for your ice cream or other cool treat including banana splits, floats, milkshakes, Screamers, and more!
Chill Out – Invermere
Located at the Crossroads on Highway 95, Chill Out has an eclectic selection of flavours to satisfy every taste bud in your family. Kids love sinking their teeth into Shark Attack, a blue-raspberry and shark-grey mix with a swirl of raspberry ribbon. For a decadent taste, try Pralines & Cream or Espresso Fudge. Chill Out also offers no sugar added flavours, sherbet, and sorbet.
Pizza 2 Go – Invermere
Conveniently located across the street from James Chabot Beach, Pizza 2 Go offers 24 flavours of hard ice cream from Foothills Creamery and features six flavours of Dole Whip including the original smooth, sweet, and classic pineapple!
Stolen Church Coffee Co. – Invermere
A popular spot in downtown Invermere, Stolen Church makes over 50 flavours of gelato at their Windermere facility. With classics like Vanilla and Cookies n Cream, kid favourites Cotton Candy and Unicorn, they also make seasonal flavours like refreshing Zesty Lemon and unique like Chili Chocolate! They also make dairy-free sorbet in a handful of flavours.
Circle Market & Café – Invermere
Well known for its organic food, market, and sunny café, Circle also offers cool treats in the summertime! With Island Farms ice cream (made in Victoria), Righteous Sorbet, a plant-based gelato, floats with Grizzly Paw Soda (made in the Bow Valley), sundaes, milkshakes, and Affogato (hot espresso from Rooftop Roaster in Fernie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream), there truly is something for every taste and diet. It is located in downtown Invermere in the heart of the shops.
Ozzie’s Amusements – Windermere
Ozzie’s Amusements is another Valley location that offers gelato made by Stolen Church, produced a stone’s throw away in Windermere. Whether you’re passing through and pull over for a refreshing treat (Ozzie’s is located on Highway 93/95) or need one to cool off after a round of mini golf, you are sure to find a flavour to fit every palate!
Fairmont Pizza & Ice Cream – Fairmont Hot Springs
A mainstay restaurant in Fairmont, their pizza and ice cream is always a hit! Birthday Party and Cotton Candy top the most popular for kids with Cookie Dough and Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup coming out ono top for adults.
The love of ice cream is universal and with innovative, classic, and refreshing flavours throughout the Columbia Valley, it is a blissful treat on those hot summer days!