did a snowboarding trip about 4 years back for a week. bigwhite first, then drove to ainsworth hotspring, for saving money, i did not stay in the resort, i stayed at a cheap motel (i mean it!! CHEAP!! so do not expect ANYTHING. ha ha)right next to it. just about a 3 minutes walk and you are at the pool. after check-in, went to the pool for about an hour,it was great!! especially after a long day of driving from bigwhite. (i think it took me about 5 hours.)
cooked some dinner and head to the pool again. (we bought a pool day pass to go all day), after one night at the hotspring, we went to sunpeak to do more snowboarding for couple of days. it was a great trip.