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Banff Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Banff, Canada
Well i finally left the grip of banff ...
... at 4:15 pm. Hence I'm typing this whilst I wait. Anyway, Lake Louise (I think I read somewhere is the highest town in Canada at 5500 ft) is basically a service station on the road to Vancouver (Highway 1, longest road in the world). The only thing ...
Icefields Parkway
Saw a lot today. Here's a list: Maligne Canyon, Icefields Parkway, Mt Edith Cavell, Athabasca Falls, Mt Christie, Sunwapta Falls, the Columbia Glacier, Saskatchewan River, Howse Valley, Waterfowl Lake, Peyto Lake, Mosquito Creek, Lake Louise, Takakkaw ...
Banff
We pulled up in Banff for a couple of nights at the very cool HI Hostel. We had spent the night in Kamloops, in an old Courthouse that has been turned into a hostel. Our room was the old judges quarters! Banff was awesome, pretty ...
Cycling Banff
... which was an excellent shortcut and downhill most of the way and made it in to town in a fraction of the time it took to ride out. We Spent the afternoon in the park taking in the sun and our last day in Banff, as tomorrow we were heading off to ...
Lake Louise and the journey to Banff.
... was also the first time I started noticing that the majority of people on the tour were Aussie. It has since become evident that Canada has more Aussie's in it than Canadians. They are EVERYWHERE. This is unfortunate, as I have a condition that does not ...
Sentinnel Pass...
... well with him. We were both getting the bus down to Lake Louise and staying at the hostel for a few nights, before continuing onto Banff, and what a bus journey it was - the scenery was incredible! Too bad the bus didn't make any stops at the numerous ...
Into Canada
... 99 per gallon is the lowest I'm likely to see for quite some time. Going through Customs was a breeze, then on into Canada. I chose a route through the Kananaskis area, rather than going through Calgary or its suburbs. Rural and mountain driving is ...
Banff - Skiing at last!!
... hair down. This weekend has just been so funny. It was a late night on Thursday touring around the bars and nightclubs of Banff and then Friday was spent skiing with Sarah's family and another night out. ...
Lake Louise, Lake Agnes, & Plain of Six Glaciers
... it is one of the most photographed lakes in the world, with good reason. Situated only a few miles off the Trans-Canada Highway, with a steep short drive to reach it, Lake Louise is one of the world's most scenic destinations. If ...
Rain/ Regen
There is nothing you can do about it... The weather is still bad. So we did the minimum programm. But still even on a shitty day ther is interesting things to see... Man kann ncihts machen. Das Wetter ist einfach bescheiden. So haben wir nicht viele ...
Shuswap Lake to Banff
Up again at the usual time and on the bus for the trip to Banff. First thing I accidently left behind, some soap. Ah well, still ok ... I have more. First stop for today was at a little country town. We stopped a chain store for coffee and donuts (or ...
Lake Louise
Well, i'm here in Lake Louise trying to kill some time...well a hell of a lot of time. We were suppose to catch a Greyhound bus back to Kelowna, but the bus couldn't fit all of our gear on. We've got a hell a lot of gear. So now we have to wait till ...
Thanksgiving weekend in Banff National Park
... , lots of wildlife, and lots of tourists, we drove towards Banff. Banff National Park is one of the most wonderful places in Canada! During one of my conversations with one of the locals I’ve heard that there are people who travel from all corners ...
A Bear sighting
Left this morning with the sun shining, on our way to Banff. After climbing for a little while we were back down again into the valley. We were travelling along very nicely & spotted 2 deer on the side of the road, have seen quite a few of these ...
Things to do in Banff when you're ill
... tourists. There were two other lakes higher up which were also well worth the hike. But by the time we got to Banff I was feeling a bit grotty, so Gabrielle went on a couple walks around town on her ownsome and I sat in the hotel watching ...
Jasper
... get here (took about 16 hours from Vancouver to Jasper!)but when we arrived there was some snow, not a lot but enough! Apparently Canada is having a really mild winter this year which mean there's not much snow about but that is probably best for uas as ...
We arrive at Banff National Park
... was flowing very heavily from spring rain and snowmelt. Up the hill from the falls, we made our second stop at the Banff Springs Fairmont Hotel, a National Historic Site. An old railroad hotel, it was built as a stop on the cross country train ...
Our First Full Day at Banff
... . We continued on the parkway to the Lake Louise area. We checked out the gondola (ski lift), but decided that the Banff Sulphur Mountain Gondola looked better. Then, we drove to Moraine Lake and the Valley of the Ten Peaks. See if ...
Horrific Beautiful Scenery
... Banff by day. We walked along the ice cold river. The path led us up to a view point from where we could see the impressive Banff Springs Hotel. The sun had decided to join us a well, when we continued on. The road was closed for cars, so nothing was ...
Jasper to Banff
We were all up at 7am to get ready and leave by 8am to make our way back to Banff. Today we stopped off at some more falls, Athabasca Falls, which in terms of water volume were the biggest falls so far. All the ice melting makes the rivers and ...
Banff
... . Moraine Lake was our next stop. There is still snow on the ground, even in summer and a snowball fight broke out. In Banff, we are camping at Tunnelmountain Campground for 4 nights. So over the course of the next few days this is what we did. ...
entry 3: Banff!
... and went a different way. Turned out it was lucky we did! First animal we saw on the tour was actually in the town of Banff- we saw a young white tailed deer (picture Bambi) running across the road and into some bushes. It was so cute! Poor thing was ...
Banff Springs Golf Course
... friend JMac used to work there so he knew the names of all the mountains but I can't remember them now unfortunatly. I believe this Stanley Thomson course was rated 14th in Canada. How lucky I am to have had the opportunity to ...
Banff/Lake Louise/Canmore
Had a fantastic day with my Aunt Barbara, my sister Steph, and my adorable niece Kaitlin. We went to Banff, Lake Louise, and Canmore. I was so glad my aunt got to see all of it as she is from Ontario, and we are very blessed out here to be surrounded by ...
HELLS BELLS!!
... to return to England. The province "Alberta" is also named after the princess. So far we have traveled through two of Canada's Provinces - British Colombia, and Alberta. (A province in Canada is like a state in Australia) Interestingly, Queen Elisabeth II ...
The Rocky Mountaineer
... and Gill came to visit and we were fortunate to go on the very famous 'once in a lifetime' Rocky Mountaineer Train from Vancouver to Banff National Park. The train was fabulous, every morning we had to get up at the crack of dawn, but we got to enjoy ...
Big West Rockies Tour
Off we set along the Icefields Parkway one of the most scenic stretches of highway in the world. Glaciers, lakes, waterfalls and wildlife were abundant. The mountains here are the highest, most rugged and the most scenic in all the Rockies. COLUMBIA ...