Winter wedding ceremony

Maybe try Fairmont in Jasper! Before we decided to do a destination wedding, they were my top choice. They have a policy that if theres bad weather for your outdoor portion, they will move you to one of the indoor venues. They charge separately for ceremony and reception so I imagine you can book just on its own.

I am getting married at pyramid lake, on the island and because it is in the park during the off season it is free to use. We do have a backup indoor at pyramid lake resort, is 600. However i am having a reception there as well but you could contact them and ask?

That’s great to hear! As for your guests, they love and support both of you I am pretty sure they will show up in any type of weather!

You’re welcome and have fun with the rest of your planning!

View quoted message I was able to find a few places that got back to me. And you are right it will be a shorter ceremony, so the people that don't want to stand outside probably just won't come. Thank you for all of your advice!

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That’s odd that they are telling you that you have to book both ceremony and reception. Most venues charge you a separate price for the ceremony space to begin with, without giving much of a discount if you book the reception there. Another suggestion is to look at areas in the mountains that are used for elopements. This may not give you an indoor option, but if you intend to have a short ceremony anyway, you could let your guests know to dress for the unpredictable mountain weather. They might be ok for that 15-20 minutes. Hopefully you get some positive responses back, good luck!

I can imagine how hard of a time your having to find an indoor ceremony. The mountains may not have what your back up aspect. Try something near the mountains that has what your wanting with the indoor hall as a back up plan. Calling to inquire does help to know beforehand about the information than to make a trip to be disappointed. I do hope you find what your searching in the area.

View quoted message Thank you I have looked at all of that. The problem I am having is a lot of places won't do just a ceremony. A lot of the park options don't have an indoor option. There were a few places that I just emailed so hopefully I can get some positive responses back. 😊

Hey Sara,

When trying to find a location in the mountains for our wedding I looked at the website crmr.com (Canadian Rocky Mountain Resorts). I also looked at The Fenlands, it’s in Banff and they have an outdoor option as well as indoors. Also the Alberta Parks website can help by giving you some locations as well! You will most likely have to get a permit from them anyways to have the ceremony outside, so that would be a good place to start your search! Hopefully this was helpful! 🙂