Hot Tub Journal

Ten thousand acres of open range, a Condé Nast listing and a National Geographic write-up. Why a Star Gazing Camp chose a wood fired tub over a conventional spa, and what siting one at a remote camp actually involves.

Filling and emptying a hot tub at a property with no tap. Lake, river, rainwater and hauled water, what each means for water care, and how filtration changes the calculation.

The best off-grid hot tub works reliably on remote properties: easy installation, efficient heating, strong insulation, and low-maintenance durability. This guide compares aluminum-lined cedar, all-cedar, fibreglass and rectangular models, covering firebox size, insulation quality, and how each performs in cold weather and hard-to-access locations.

Off-grid places do something to the nervous system. The noise drops away, the pace slows, and suddenly the only things that matter are splitting wood, watching the weather roll in, and having somewhere warm to land at the end of the day. A wood-fired hot tub earns its place out here because it asks for nothing the land does not already provide.

Thirty kilometres outside Yellowknife, on a cabin property reachable only by boat. How Mary got an AlumiTub to her land, and what a decade of off-grid Northwest Territories winters has taught her about running one.

Two remote kayaking basecamps on the BC coast, and humpbacks passing at eye level. Breanne on why Spirit of the West chose AlumiTubs, and the modifications that made them accessible to every guest.