Just minutes drive from Spruce Ridge and set on a private 15,000-acre estate lies the Splendor of The Balsams where our owners, family and guests are welcome to enjoy the many facilities which include a world class golf course with spectacular panoramic Club House, Alpine Skiing at The Wilderness Ski Mountain, X country Skiing, snow shoeing and both casual and fine dining.

The Balsams Resort is rated four stars by the Mobil Travel Guide and four diamonds by AAA. It has been designated one of one hundred "Historic Hotels of America" by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and one of the finest golf resorts in North America by leading publications.

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Since 1897, golf has been a favorite guest activity at The BALSAMS. Legendary golf architect, Donald Ross, built upon the resort's early experiment with golf (a six-hole layout in 1897) by designing The PANORAMA 18-hole course in 1912. Ross personally supervised the construction of this 6,804 yard layout high on the western side of Keyser Mountain. The course is a scenic masterpiece. The holes flow naturally over the mountainside and feature Ross' signature elements, such as: deceptively wide fairways with few level lies; small roundish greens, frequently domed, and devilishly difficult; and fescue-walled sand bunkers that serve more as visual obstacles than as actual hazards.

This golf course is unforgettable yet it presents a new experience for every golfer. Guests talk about it all year long.

The 9-hole executive course, The COASHAUKEE, is located right next to the Hotel and makes for a perfect quick warm-up round or a just-right challenge for beginners and high handicappers

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The BALSAMS provides on-site alpine skiing offering 16 trails on two slopes served by 2 triple chair lifts, 5 gladed areas, snowboarding Terrain Park, and full-service base lodge; a 95 kilometer cross-country trail system; 33 km of designated snowshoe trails; ice-skating; a natural history program with guided tours; three rooms of live entertainment; plus, a variety of events to include lectures, games and contests, concerts, movies, and nightclub shows. After skiing the choice-of-menu table d'hôte dining celebrates an award-winning cuisine and wine cellar renowned in the resort world.