Canadian Rockies Scenery and Natural Wonders

Mt. Edith Cavell Canadian Rockies

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52 reviews 8 travel blogs 17 photos

Distance: 0.5 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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May 27, 2012 Gorgeous! Enjoyed hiking on well-maintained trails, but allowed to go off-trail onto glacier rocks as well.
Aug 2, 2005 ... returned to the mountains the Alpine Meadows Trail opened at Mt. Edith Cavell. The trail is only open for a brief couple ...
Aug 4, 2009 ... north stopping off at some waterfalls and went up to Mt Edith Cavell where we could see the Edith Cavell and Angel ...
Aug 11, 2011 ... so we leave after a few minutes. We are heading now for Mt. Edith Cavell, a few kms up through old Highway 93. The road is ...

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Miette Hot Springs Canadian Rockies

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35 reviews 17 travel blogs 4 photos

Distance: 22.2 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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Jun 22, 2011 Due to the heavy rains over the last week they had a cave-in at one of the source springs and had to empty the pools. What a ...
Sep 9, 1999 ... to camp. After a late lunch I headed over to the Miette Hot Springs. For $5.75 (including towel rental) I soaked my aching ...
Jul 12, 2006 ... the view from the tram station.This morning we drove to Miette Hot Springs and lounged in the pools 40C.Back in Jasper town ...
Jul 9, 2010 ... with kitchenette to stay in tonight. We then visited Miette Hot Springs to have a soak in hot mineral spring waters. ...

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Johnston Canyon Canadian Rockies

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100 reviews 49 travel blogs 410 photos

Distance: 1 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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Jun 15, 2011 We started up the path in a 'scotch mist' that became a steady downpour but the walking was good and the view at the Upper ...
Sep 8, 2007 ... in t-shirt, shorts and flip flaps. Stopped off at Johnston canyon, a great walk on a boardwalk fixed into the canyon....it ...
Jun 27, 2009 ... elk (including a male in the pictures). We stopped at Johnston Canyon to hike to the Lower and Upper Johnston Falls, ...
Jul 11, 2001 ... with extra iron in the soil so it's kinda orangey. On to Johnston Canyon for a short hike to see the upper and lower ...

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Maligne Canyon Canadian Rockies

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155 reviews 78 travel blogs 192 photos

Distance: 5.6 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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Feb 21, 2012 make sure you rent ice cleats! This was a fantastic walk in the winter, and I'm sure it's great in the summer too.
Aug 13, 2003 ... The following day, we braved Jasper National Park's forest-fire smoke to hike at Maligne Canyon. Here, rock walls, ...
May 15, 2011 ... edge of the town where Elk had come to graze. Next was Maligne Canyon. This is a gorge, about 50 metres deep, narrow and ...
Oct 6, 2008 ... near, massive antlers! We headed for our last stop at Maligne Canyon, another impressive limestone gorge, very deep, we had ...

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Icefields Parkway Canadian Rockies

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144 reviews 56 travel blogs 82 photos

Distance: 69.6 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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Sep 4, 1999 ... you can't get enough of stereotypical Japanese tourists, Banff National Park is your place. I then headed north along the ...
Aug 3, 2005 ... the last couple of days we have been exploring the Icefields Parkway. We have walked on the Athabasca Glacier, travelling ...
May 23, 2009 ... The actual road from Jasper to Lake Lousie is called the Icefields Parkway and is only open for cars and tourist ...
Jul 10, 2001 Saw a lot today. Here's a list: Maligne Canyon, Icefields Parkway, Mt Edith Cavell, Athabasca Falls, Mt Christie, Sunwapta ...

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Athabasca Falls Canadian Rockies

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109 reviews 52 travel blogs 144 photos

Distance: 16.5 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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Sep 9, 1999 ... falling where the ice was melting rapidly. I then headed down to Athabasca Falls which was very pretty as well. The town ...
May 26, 2005 ... , stopping and viewing all these highly recommended places:- Athabasca Falls, Sunwapta Falls, Columbian Ice Field - you can ...
Aug 28, 2006 ... hours of being a passenger so Whitt stopped us at Athabasca falls. Very impressive falls where the top looked like a kind of ...
Jul 7, 2009 ... We stopped at Sunwapta Falls and the impressive Athabasca Falls. By the time we arrived at Whistler's Campground near ...

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Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise Canadian Rockies

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67 reviews 30 travel blogs 34 photos

Distance: 2.1 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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May 23, 2009 ... day at Lake Louise. We are staying at the Chateau Lake Louise which is very nice and we have a superb view of ...
Jul 17, 2007 ... of money on it. After we headed to Lake Louise, which is full of tourists! The Fairmont is a pretty cool hotel and ...
Jun 24, 2006 ... and the Victoria Glacier, and overlooked by the amazing Chateau Lake Louise (a v expensive hotel). Unfortunately it was also ...
Oct 8, 2007 ... - at the Waldorf Astoria. In Canada the place is the "Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise" - a fabulously grandiose, enormous hotel ...

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Rat's Nest Cave at Canmore Caverns Canadian Rockies

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9 reviews

Distance: 1.8 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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Red Rock Canyon Canadian Rockies

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27 reviews 10 travel blogs 20 photos

Distance: 26.5 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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Jul 29, 2011 ... a slippery slope! Our aim today was to get to Waterton Lakes National park, in Canada. Our plan is one day hiking, one day ...
Aug 6, 2007 ... deep valleys we looked up at gorgeous mountains. Walking Red Rock Canyon and Blakiston Falls took a bit more than an ...
Jun 22, 2009 ... hiked anyway. There were two hikes, one through the Red Rock Canyon, and one to Blakiston Falls. The hikes were ...
Sep 18, 2009 ... early the next day, broke camp and headed for Waterton National Park - “where the Prairies meet the Mountains.” ...

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Bow Falls Canadian Rockies

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94 reviews 43 travel blogs 74 photos

Distance: 1.1 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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Oct 11, 2006 ... and headrubs. They told me the path continued up past some falls (Bow Falls) and that I had to watch my footing as it was ...
Jul 21, 2005 ... Look at Chris's face!!! Next we're off to Bow River and Bow Falls just a short way out of town. All that ...
Sep 18, 2010 ... visiting the museum i took a walk down the road which lead to bow falls, this was mostly uphill, but i knew it would be ...
Aug 19, 2009 ... The following day was a lazy day spent walking around Banff shopping and onto the Bow Falls at one end of the town and on up ...

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Sunwapta Falls and Canyon Canadian Rockies

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6 reviews

Distance: 2.6 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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Athabasca Glacier Canadian Rockies

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30 reviews 36 travel blogs 89 photos

Distance: 185.2 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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Oct 28, 2000 We enjoyed our very first glacier! We even tasted the ice!
Aug 3, 2005 ... caught up with Wilbur and Mae, Ed's church friends, at both Athabasca Glacier and again last night for a coffee at their ...
Jun 19, 2010 ... stop of Day 2 was the Colombia Ice fields, specifically Athabasca Glacier. This is a huge glacier which you can ...
Aug 29, 2008 ... a group photo taken before boarding an Ice Explorer (bus) to the Athabasca Glacier where we nearly froze to death but it was ...

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Columbia Icefield Canadian Rockies

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117 reviews 27 travel blogs 41 photos

Distance: 0.8 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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Oct 11, 2006 ... ice over rock, known as rock flour. We visit the spectacular Columbia Icefield, which is so bright I get a headache from ...
Sep 23, 2005 ... , most rugged and the most scenic in all the Rockies. COLUMBIA ICEFIELD - Coivering an area the size of Vancouver (325 ...
Oct 8, 2005 ... out on the nearby icefields!! Hurrah for us!! We went to the Columbia Icefield and went up in Sno-bus up onto the glacier ...
May 16, 2011 ... the water and ice Stutfield Glacier Sunwapta Glacier Mt Kitchener Columbia Icefield – it’s possible to get on to ...

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Goat Lick Canadian Rockies

Distance: 1 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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Banff Upper Hot Springs Canadian Rockies

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81 reviews 10 travel blogs 3 photos

Distance: 2.1 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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May 21, 2006 ... the memory card. After this I made my way up to the Banff Upper Hot Springs. This took me a while because of a mix-up ...
Oct 17, 2008 ... experience, I got it free, great!! We decided to hit the Banff Upper Hot springs as we got down, they were great, about 40 ...
Oct 16, 2008 ... at the cave and basin and also at the modern Banff upper hot springs, where the current baths are located. This center is ...
May 29, 2007 ... Fantastic! When we got down, we walked to the Banff Upper Hot Springs for a therapeutic dip. I volunteered to stay out so ...

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Whistlers Mountain Canadian Rockies

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3 reviews 12 travel blogs 3 photos

Distance: 2.6 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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Jul 4, 2006 ... the Wednesday we went to the summit of a local mountain - Whistlers mountain. This involved a cable car to 2270M and then ...
Sep 4, 2011 ... evening we arrived back home from our trip to Jasper National Park. During the journey to Jasper we first stopped near a ...
Oct 6, 2008 ... passed the turn off for whistlers and I noticed Whistlers Mountain, we were back in Jasper! We saw some elk by the roadside ...
Aug 17, 2009 ... day we were up to ride the Whistlers Mountain cable car to the top overlooking Jasper. Luckily for us we picked the ...

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Polar Circus Canadian Rockies

Distance: 88 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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Sulphur Mountain Canadian Rockies

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20 reviews 79 travel blogs 151 photos

Distance: 2.8 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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Apr 28, 2007 ... - a seven minute ride to the top of Sulphur Mountain which afforded spectacular views of Banff, the Bow River valley and the ...
Sep 8, 2007 ... were covered in snow & bitterly cold. The trip up sulphur mountain on the goldola gives fantastic ...
Sep 2, 2010 ... and orange juice, we set off for supplies, and hiked up Sulphur Mountain. Well only up to the bottom of the gondola ride, ...
Jun 27, 2009 ... out the gondola (ski lift), but decided that the Banff Sulphur Mountain Gondola looked better. Then, we drove to ...

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Crowfoot Glacier Canadian Rockies

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4 reviews 7 travel blogs 7 photos

Distance: 50.3 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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Sep 4, 1999 ... you can't get enough of stereotypical Japanese tourists, Banff National Park is your place. I then headed north along the ...
Aug 26, 2006 ... slowed in recent years!!). Stopped again for pictures of "Crowfoot" glacier, although truth be known it would be better ...
Jun 18, 2010 ... wilderness hostel called Rampart Creek. En route we passed Crowfoot Glacier which is vast and very beautiful. ...
Sep 15, 2008 ... cascade down massive cliffs. To the left is crowfoot glacier, where a century ago, the crowfoot glacier had ...

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Cave and Basin Hot Springs Canadian Rockies

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16 reviews

Distance: 1.3 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites

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Goat's Eye Mountain Canadian Rockies

2 travel blogs 1 photo

Distance: 6.7 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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Oct 29, 2005 ... with the rest of the crew and headed off to Goat's Eye Mountain where we spent the day hiking around and erecting plastic ...
May 4, 2012 ... I decided that today was going to be the day that I try Goat's Eye Mountain which is the more expert lift at Sunshine. I'd ...

Mistaya Canyon Canadian Rockies

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8 reviews 5 travel blogs 30 photos

Distance: 72.7 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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Jun 18, 2010 ... Lake where it leaves a flat bottomed valley before plunging into Mistaya Canyon. As you go down the trail towards the ...
May 16, 2011 ... Columbia Icefield the road passes from the Jasper National Park to the Banff National Park. On the map it looks to be ...
May 21, 2011 ... nbsp; We headed back toward Lake Louise and stopped to do Mistaya Canyon hike. Very steep grade. Down was ...
May 16, 2011 ... the river that is within the boundaries of the Banff National Park has been designated a Canadian Heritage River because of ...

Grotto Canyon Canadian Rockies

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9 reviews 3 travel blogs 6 photos

Distance: 0.6 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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Aug 2, 2008 ... too, I went and checked after. Next time you're mine grotto canyon) I wandered up the rocky creek bed. Even a walking pole ...
Aug 3, 2008 ... sandals another go. I was determined not to be defeated by Grotto Canyon, so back I went. I Would have worn hikers, but they ...
Jun 24, 2008 ... wetlands near the river. In the morning we went to Grotto Canyon for a hike. We got a bit lost as the trail wasn't ...