Gyms & Fitness
Fitness West
About Fitness West
Training through a North Okanagan winter usually means finding somewhere indoors to keep the habit alive, because the cold arrives earlier here and bites harder than it does at the south end of the valley. Fitness West works out of 2203 Highway 6 on the East Hill side of Vernon, and the number to start with is +1-250-503-1577.
Fitness rooms cover a wide range under one word. Some are floor space and free weights with a card at the door and little else, some are built around classes and a posted schedule, and others sit between the two with machines, cardio equipment and a trainer available by appointment. Membership structures vary just as widely: month to month, longer terms, punch cards, drop in rates for people passing through. It is worth asking on the phone what a first visit involves, whether an orientation comes with signing up, and how quiet or busy the room runs at the hour you would actually use it. If you are coming back after a long gap or working around an injury, say so when you call, since that shapes what a place can offer you.
East Hill climbs away from the flat downtown core, so the drive in from the surrounding blocks and acreages is short and parking is easier than it is on the main shopping street. Traffic through Vernon thickens in summer when the two lakes fill up and thins again once the ski hill on the skyline starts taking its share of the weekends. Either way, an indoor room keeps its usefulness across all four seasons this city insists on having.
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In the East Hill neighbourhood of Vernon.
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