Banff Hostels - Reviews and Rates

I was finally fortunate enough to have a nice day on one of my days off, clear blue skies, warm breezes.. fantastic day really. So I decided to get outside and went for a 12km return hike, (with a bruised toe and sore knee I might mention).

I went through a place called the Johnston Canyon, which has waterfall after waterfall, and further...

Today was a "Down Day" – laundry, coach cleaning, grocery shopping. While Jane got the clothes clean, Jim made a necessary visit to a medical clinic in Banff Village. He got a nasty splinter removed from a finger. The highlight of the day was dinner out at The Evergreen restaurant, located in one of the nicer hotels in the village. We both...

Hello from a cold and snowy Canada. This is Tony, back on the blog after a 3-month absence. I flew from Tokyo last Saturday, and met up with Clare at Vancouver airport the following afternoon. The first 3 nights in Vancouver left us feeling as grey as the city buildings and the sky. It was not unbearably cold there - a bit like Melbourne in Augu...

It's snowing! Proper snow. You know, Snowplough Snow, Mountain Rescue Snow, Husky Dog Snow. Well maybe that is a little strong, but all the same it is August and this was not quite what we expected. But it is beautiful all the same and made for a very exciting wake up - we were just like children again! Bacon and Eggs seemed to be the order of t...

I got the bus down to Banff and checked into the HI hostel, where I was to stay for five nights. James had taken the ridiculously early bus for some reason, but I bumped into him in the afternoon and we mooched around together - he was staying in the Samesun hostel and wasn't impressed. I immediately liked the look of Banff - some people had sai...

This weeks update has a definite trend to it. We have travelled from Whistler to Banff, about a 12 hour drive over the Canadian Rocky Mountain Range. So as you can imagine we have experienced amazing and varied landscapes, although mostly mountainous. So firstly Whistler, and what a great place it is. A winter ski resort that transforms itself i...

Saturday, we did much the same thing as Friday. In fact, well, we did the exact same thing! It was so much fun, why bother changing?? Well, I say that, but, I personally did change one thing..... the snowboard I was riding. :( My 'board broke on me, Friday! I have no clue how, or when for sure it did! All I know is that, half way down one run, o...