Mount Washington Alpine Resort

Some couples travel to a venue.

At Mount Washington, the journey up the mountain is part of the wedding.

Perched above Vancouver Island's coastline, the resort surrounds celebrations with alpine meadows, old-growth forest, glacier views, the Salish Sea and the distant Coast Mountains.

Couples can exchange vows high above the coast or gather beneath towering trees near Strathcona Park, then bring everyone inside one of the resort's lodge spaces for dinner and dancing.

Raven Lodge creates the possibility of keeping ceremony and reception close together while still feeling surrounded by the mountain.

The day feels different here before it even begins.

Guests arrive somewhere far above ordinary life.

The vows happen with an enormous landscape around them.

Then the newlyweds slip away for photographs while everyone else begins celebrating.

Later, mountain light disappears outside the lodge and the evening grows warmer inside.

Guests can stay slopeside too, allowing the wedding to become an entire alpine weekend rather than a single night.

For couples who want their celebration to feel like an adventure shared with everyone they love, Mount Washington offers a spectacular place to begin one.