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Banff Slideshow
Banff
Travel Blogs from Banff, Canada
Banff to Lake Louise
... off, so we said goodbye to our short lived group! We checked into the HI Lake Louise Alpine center, it was stunning, luxury like Banff, but in the middle of the wilderness, Lake Louise been only a small village!! We got settled and then headed down to the ...
Lake Louise
Yes!!! No rain. That was my first though as I woke up this morning. There was suppose to be a 70% chance of rain today. However, I could actually see most of the mountains around us. Today, we were to drive to the Lake Louise area of the Canadian ...
Nice Hike
Today we took the trail to the end of Lake Louise. This hike is very easy with very little elevation change. The round trip distance was around 4.5 miles and the weather was fine for hiking. The photos in this entry are not all from ...
Banff
... ... a big horned ram was just standing in the middle of the road! Why are all the animals in Canada so big and dangerous??? On our final day in Banff we went for a beautiful scenic drive to Lake Louise. Along the way we stopped at Johnson's Canyon to ...
Banff National Park
... a mirror image reflection of the bright blue sky and snow-capped mountain behind it; the perfect impression of Canada. After the lakes we headed into Banff town centre, a lovely town overlooked by Cascade Mountain, and were treated to a heatwave of 26oC ...
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 ...
Off Exploring
Writing today from Banff National Park in Alberta. Easily one of the most beautiful places in Canada. I'm nestled in the Canadian Rockies and having a very random (in a crazy fun sort of way) adventure. I decided to come check out Banff ...
Bears!!
... a real old log cabin. Next day we went over Vermilion Pass (5376ft) and the Continental Divide, for the 2nd time. Had lunch in Banff then back to Castle Mountain and checked into the hostel there. The warden, Tony, is a real character. Very cheery and can ...
The Magnificent Route 93
... , but it’s a long walk or an expensive bus ride After the Columbia Icefield the road passes from the Jasper National Park to the Banff National Park. On the map it looks to be more of the same, but in reality it is noticeably cooler, there is ...
Ski Instructor Jokes
Q. Six snowboarders in car. Who's driving? A. The Police Q. How many Ski Instructors does it take to change a lightbulb? A. Ten. One to screw the bulb in and the other nine to stand below and say "Nice turns, nice turns". Q. What is the most ...
Scenery was just incredible!!!
... night in which was nice. The next morning we would be leaving Banff but we would be stopping at the beautiful Lake Louise!!! So Banff had been just wonderful and we were all excited to have been here and explored what we had while we were here. ...
Level 1 Exam
Ok so I haven't updated the blog in a while so I'm going to work retrospectively here and do I few posts for the last few weeks. The second week of February was the week of the level 1 instructors course and I'll be honest I was ...
Lake Louise and Banff
... way we made a stop at Athabasca River Falls and then another stop st the Columbiia Ice Fields located at the boundary of Banff and Jasper National Parks. That ice field covered an area of 325 square kilometers and was formed by snow that fell ...
Banff
Banff, what can i say about this place. - 8 hour bus ride from Kelowna - HI hostel is jammed packed - And the people here are CRAZY ! (maybe not all locals but the backpakers) Anyway, to start off, we arrived at the Hostel around 5:30 - 6pm. ...
Big West Rockies Tour
WOLF SANCTUARY - The first stop for the day was an educational visit to the Wolf Sanctuary. Here we were able to get up close and personal with a wolf pack, learning about their habitat, social structures and the misconceptions about 'The Big Bad ...
Day two in Banff National Park
... drove into the town of Banff today and spent some time walking around and looking in the shops. We had though about staying in Banff for a few days but decided that we had seen enough of the town and didn't need to stay there. This whole area ...
Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
... dinner in the circular observation restaurant. As we left the gondola area, we saw two elk in velvet along the road. Banff is a unique little resort town with everything about a 10 minute walk away. The main street is lined with restaurants ...
Ice Ice Baby
... were entirely excessive for the conditions but the hire place didn't have any ice cleats left. We were heading for Johnston Canyon in Banff National Park and had been warned by Steve that the walkway can get slippy during the winter. As it turned oot it ...
Day 4 Kamloops to Banff
Day 4 Rocky Mountaineer Train Kamloops to Banff Please click Titles below photo's to read the ...
Woooosh
... , cruising my way down. After we'd returned our gear Steve suggested heading to Lake Louise, one of the most famous views in Canada. At that point I was tired and was fairly indifferent but eventually thought I should go have a look. Tut tut, bad ...
Day 8 Icefields Parkway
We drove the Icefields Parkway from Jasper to Banff. Unfortunately there were low clouds for most of the way, hiding much of the alpine scenery. But it is still an amazing drive, and we stopped off at Athabasca falls, and had lunch and a walk at Lake ...
Last chance to ski!
We were up early once again this morning to head to Lake Louise for our final day of skiing out west. I wanted to make sure we were there early enough so that I could see the Fairmont Hotel on Lake Louise before heading over to the ski hills. We got some ...
Banff revisited
Having said goodbye to everyone in Cochrane and Red Deer we headed west to continue our journey. The weather was fantastic and the way the autumn sun shone on the mountains and the now yellow leaves on the trees was great. We spent the evening having a ...
Diamond in the wilderness
... the view top so we can see this lake in all its glory (if you want to know what i mean, just google pics of Lake Louise Canada') until we were stopped in our tracks. The track literally ended, so i pulled out the map to find our route up the steep slope, ...
Beautiful Banff
... and sunny and we enjoyed a sleep in and a walk into the town before joining a tour at 11.30am to the Gondola where we rode to the top of Sulphur Mountain for a great view. In the evening we went to the dinner show "Canada Eh" and we both enjoyed ...
Day 5 Banff Free Day
Day5 Banff Free Day.Early morning Helicopter Ride, followed by our Gondola ride Just a few notes, there are more photo's to be loaded.Please click Title under each photo,for ...
Icefields Center, AB, Canada
... Louise and Jasper is called the Icefields Parkway, and it is one of the most scenic drives in North America, transversing Alberta's Banff and Jasper national parks in the central Canadian Rockies. It is overcast and we have spotty rain showers. Our ...
Banff - Week 8 and 9
... a slap-up brunch at the Bison Bistro (the best eggs benedict I have ever tasted) our intrepid group of IA students went to the Banff Natural Hot Springs for a day out, on the bus driven by Crazy Larry (a local tramp). Expecting there to be no-one else at ...