Banff Ptarmigan Inn

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Off to Banff!

A travel blog entry by elkwood

Woke up and had breakfast at the Calgary Tower, then visited the gardens before driving to Banff.

On arrival in Banff we drove around looking for some where to camp out for the next 4 nights, we decided on the Banff Ptarmigan Inn on the main street. These guys were great as Alanna was able to sweet talk the desk clerk into upgrading us into a better room for the same price as a standard room. We were pretty knackered from driving all day (well …

Thanksgiving weekend in Banff National Park

A travel blog entry by mianda

... to take pictures of the beautiful landscape!

As soon as we arrived to Lake Louise I was literally blown away! What an amazing place! The colour of the water coming from the glaciers was unbelievably blue… almost looking like photoshoped. We did some hiking to the Mirrors Lake and I felt that it is really hard to describe the beauty of the Rockies. I am by nature a person who likes to relax in warmer ...

Eugene's first snow experience

A travel blog entry by annetumak

... strong... with the temperature being around -6

After this adventure , we headed off to Lake Louise for our hotel...

On the way we stopped off at Peyto Lake, a glacial lake, which was a beautiful 'teal' colour, quite unbelievable, the only issue for us was that it was still snowing slightly, so we did not stay very long...

And would you believe, we saw a wild bear in the forest standing there eating berries off ...

Busy life I lead

A travel blog entry by sherylmagarry

Beautifull Banff. A free day and onto Lake Louise. Just Beautifull ....... then onto rafting down the river and into Jasper. Another free day. Good to have the time out. Covered plenty of miles with next stop being Sun Peaks and Whistler. Onto Victoria and Butchart - all our gardens at home will be looking beautifull ...

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