A valley guide outside Cranbrook
Cranbrook Casino Online in the Valley
This is an independent travel guide to Casino of the Rockies at St. Eugene Golf Resort & Casino, on Mission Road outside Cranbrook, on Ktunaxa land. The guide takes no bets, and the panels below answer two questions: what is open, and how far it is.
By the Kootenay Valley deskChecked October 13, 2026
Right now in Cranbrook
Open daily from 11 am
Casino hours
11 am to 11 pm
1 am close on Fridays and Saturdays
A night at the resort
125 rooms
check-in 4 pm · out 11 am
From Kimberley
19.6 km
straight line · Calgary 202 km
The casino floor
On the casino floor
Doors at Casino of the Rockies open at 11 am daily. Closing time is 11 pm on nights from Sunday to Thursday, while Friday and Saturday stretch on until 1 am. No separate holiday schedule is posted, so a look at casinooftherockies.ca before a holiday trip to Mission Road is wise. The door on Mission Road admits only those aged 19 or older, and each visit means showing government-issued photo ID. Security there can request two pieces of ID.
Live table games are no longer offered, and the tables are electronic. The 210 slot machines include E-Roulette, E-Baccarat and E-Blackjack, and the floor also has a full-service lottery centre. Each Quartz terminal runs up to eight games, Sic Bo among them, on a 26.5-inch HD touch screen. In the restaurant, the PROLINE Sportsbook Lounge has an 18-foot screen for up to six games and three betting terminals. The casino calls it the first lounge of its kind in the region.
Mountain time
Is it open at this hour?
| Place | Hours as published |
|---|---|
| Casino floor | Sundays to Thursdays 11 am to 11 pm; Fridays and Saturdays 11 am to 1 am |
| Kiʔsuʔk k̓ikiⱡ bar | Sundays to Thursdays 11 am to 10:30 pm; Fridays and Saturdays 11 am to 12:30 am |
| Kiʔsuʔk k̓ikiⱡ kitchen | Fridays and Saturdays 11 am to 11 pm; Sundays to Thursdays from 11 am, a table after 10 pm by phone first (250-417-2772) |
| Ktunaxa Interpretive Centre | Mondays to Fridays 9 am to 4:30 pm; closed weekends; tours booked in advance |
St. Eugene Golf Resort & Casino
A resort in the valley
St. Eugene Golf Resort & Casino sits on Mission Road, five minutes by car outside Cranbrook, in the East Kootenay valley. The resort is owned and operated by the Ktunaxa First Nation. Its 125 rooms and suites look out on the Hoodoos, the golf course and the mountains, including Fisher Peak. The building was once the St. Eugene Mission, a residential school for First Nations children of the region. The Ktunaxa Nation has reclaimed it.
Seasons shape a visit here. The championship golf course and the KOA RV park open April through October. The resort and casino stay open year-round, with casino hours kept on local Mountain time, the same clock as Alberta.
Golf and RV park April through October
Hotel, pool, casino all year
The golf season
The championship course at St. Eugene was designed by Les Furber and runs beside rivers, with the Rocky Mountains behind it. It opens April through October, the same months as the KOA RV park on the grounds. Outside those months the course closes, but the rest of the resort does not. The hotel, the outdoor heated pool and the casino all stay open through the winter.
Staying over
Staying the night
Hotel check-in at St. Eugene begins at 4 pm, with check-out set for 11 am. The historic Mission building holds 25 of the 125 rooms and suites. Windows across the resort face the Hoodoos, the golf course and the Purcell or Rocky Mountains, Fisher Peak among them.
The outdoor heated pool is open year-round, and the resort also has hot tubs, a sauna and a fitness centre. Hotel guests get free WiFi. Some rooms are pet-friendly, so a pet can come along.
Check-in 4 pm · check-out 11 am
Plan the nights
| Check-in | 4 pm |
|---|---|
| Check-out | 11 am |
| Breakfast at Numa | every day 7 am to 11 am |
| Casino | Sundays to Thursdays 11 am to 11 pm; Fridays and Saturdays 11 am to 1 am |
| Golf course and RV park | April through October |
Kiʔsuʔk k̓ikiⱡ · Numa
Where to eat at this hour
| Where | Hours as published | Age |
|---|---|---|
| Numa: breakfast | every day 7 am to 11 am | not inside the casino; no age rule published |
| Kiʔsuʔk k̓ikiⱡ: kitchen | Fridays and Saturdays 11 am to 11 pm; Sundays to Thursdays from 11 am, a table after 10 pm by phone first (250-417-2772) | 19+, photo ID at the casino door |
| Kiʔsuʔk k̓ikiⱡ: bar | Sundays to Thursdays 11 am to 10:30 pm; Fridays and Saturdays 11 am to 12:30 am | 19+, photo ID at the casino door |
| Numa: dinner | Wednesdays to Sundays 5 pm to 9:30 pm | not inside the casino; no age rule published |
| Numa: lounge | Wednesdays to Sundays 4 pm to 11 pm | not inside the casino; no age rule published |
Two restaurants
Where to eat
Kiʔsuʔk k̓ikiⱡ, Ktunaxa for "good food", is the restaurant and bar set on a raised level over the gaming floor. Its bar keeps a Sunday to Thursday schedule of 11 am until 10:30 pm, stretching to 12:30 am on Fridays and Saturdays. On those two weekend nights the kitchen is busy between 11 am and 11 pm. The rest of the week it also starts at 11 am, and anyone hoping to sit down after 10 pm should phone 250-417-2772 ahead.
Numa Lounge & Dining sits in the Mission building, not inside the casino, and its name means "thunder" in Ktunaxa. It has views of Fisher Peak and the golf course. Breakfast is served every day, 7 am to 11 am. Wednesday to Sunday, dinner runs 5 pm to 9:30 pm, and the lounge is open 4 pm to 11 pm.
Ktunaxa land
Ktunaxa land and the Mission
Four Ktunaxa communities and the Kenpesq't (Shuswap Indian Band) own the resort together as St. Eugene Mission Holdings Limited. The casino opened in 2002. Two partners joined in 2004, Samson Cree Nation from Alberta and Rama First Nation from Ontario. On June 20, 2017, the four Ktunaxa communities again became the sole owners of the resort and casino.
Renovation began on April 8, 2019, and the casino reopened on July 19, 2019. Its 19,000 square feet use a nature-based design that honours the Ktunaxa Nation's connection to the earth. In the Mission building, the Ktunaxa Interpretive Centre, run by the Ktunaxa Nation Council, opens Monday to Friday 9 am to 4:30 pm. It is closed weekends, and tours must be booked in advance.
The road in
The road in
Casino of the Rockies stands at 7777 Mission Rd on the St. Eugene resort grounds, Cranbrook, BC V1C 7E5. From Cranbrook it is a five-minute drive out of town, and Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC) is an eight-minute drive. Kimberley is a 25-minute drive. From Calgary, the casino is less than a four-hour drive.
The valley keeps Mountain time, the same clock as Alberta and one hour ahead of most of British Columbia. Parking at the casino is free. No transit route to the resort is published, though taxis and public transit run within Cranbrook itself. In a straight line, the city centre is 8.4 km from the casino.
Straight line · OpenStreetMap
How far from your town
- CranbrookBC8.4 km
- KimberleyBC19.6 km
- FernieBC51 km
- Canal FlatsBC64 km
- SparwoodBC65 km
- ElkfordBC77 km
- CrestonBC77 km
- Crowsnest PassAB93 km
- InvermereBC104 km
- NelsonBC111 km
- Radium Hot SpringsBC117 km
- Pincher CreekAB131 km
- CastlegarBC141 km
- CalgaryAB202 km
- GoldenBC209 km
- LethbridgeAB211 km
Lines are straight, roads are longer. Each row opens the route in Google Maps.
At the door
At the casino door
- Each visit to the Mission Road door calls for age 19 or over and government-issued photo ID, which is scanned against the barred list and never stored.
- Staff may ask for two pieces of ID, and the new enhanced status cards count as primary ID.
- Shirts and shoes count as proper attire, and food or drinks brought from outside stay out of the casino.
- Alcohol is allowed on the gaming floor under Serving It Right guidelines but cannot go through the doors to the lobby.
Online in BC
Playing online in BC
BCLC operates PlayNow.com, British Columbia's own site for online gambling and the only one that is legal in the province. The IGCO, the provincial gambling regulator, states that any other site admitting BC players is operating illegally in British Columbia.
On its home page, Cranbrook Casino Valley Notes runs paid links marked Ad. Their destination is a privately run online casino, neither PlayNow.com nor run or licensed by British Columbia. BC residents who play on it lose every provincial protection. Neither PlayNow limits nor Game Break cover play there, and the IGCO cannot receive complaints about it. The Kootenay Valley desk earns a commission from this partner, and the partner may change.
Help
Where to find help
- Gambling Support BC answers at 1-888-795-6111, free, confidential and open 24/7.
- Game Break, BCLC's voluntary self-exclusion program, enrols people face to face at any casino, where staff ask to see government-issued photo ID.
- Casino of the Rockies has a GameSense Info Centre and takes part in Game Break.
FAQ
Questions before the drive
Until what hour does Casino of the Rockies stay open on a Friday?
Friday and Saturday at Casino of the Rockies, the floor stays open between 11 am and 1 am, local Mountain time. On the other five nights, Sunday to Thursday, closing comes at 11 pm. For holiday dates, casinooftherockies.ca is the place to confirm hours before setting out from Cranbrook.
Are there live table games?
Live table games are no longer offered, and the tables are electronic. The floor has 210 slot machines, including E-Roulette, E-Baccarat and E-Blackjack, four choices of table games and a full-service lottery centre.
What time is hotel check-in?
Guests at St. Eugene check in from 4 pm, and check-out falls at 11 am. WiFi costs hotel guests nothing, and some rooms are set aside for guests travelling with pets.
When is the golf course open?
The championship course designed by Les Furber is open April through October. The KOA RV park at the resort keeps the same season.
How old must guests be?
British Columbia puts the gambling age at 19, and staff at the Casino of the Rockies door hold to it. Each guest presents government-issued photo ID on every single visit.