I wonder if Kokanee is truly the plushest - I heard from a guide that there's a trend toward indoor toilets, hot showers, net connectivity, and other plush details. Sentry seemed pretty darned plush, and it was hard to believe anyone would have them beat but I guess there's a race in this direction.
We did a Fairy Meadow trip with an ACC group - we had to join the ACC for it but it was a decent deal overall and helped us get in relatively late in the year - may be worth checking their trips to see what's still open. Only thing about the terrain there - it is best if you have decent weather, but if you get stormed out the little tree patch below the hut apparently gets rather old. And the week we were there, we had a few nice days of great snow followed by a wind event followed by the rest of the trip focusing more on mountaineering as a goal rather than turns. So great terrain, depending on what you are looking for. The folks running the trip told us that if turns are your objective, try Golden Alpine Holidays (merged this year with Sentry lodge), as their huts are a little lower, thus less prone to wind hammering, and they have mucho treed terrain for storm days. But they don't have glaciers and high craggy peaks - more like smaller glaciated roundy peaks with some semi-craggy ridges. So as Tim notes, "what kind of skiing you prefer" is a key bit that would help folks suggest appropriate huts - otherwise you'll just hear what we each like best (for my part, I loved Fairy Meadow but only went once, and have gone into the Golden Alpine/Sentry area something like 6-7 times now...).
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