Banff National Park

Went in mid-September and due to weather and lack of time, we weren’t able to see much of the park. Mainly drove through via the main highway and took photos—beautiful even from the highway. The drive was so worth it! The water is so blue!!! I can’t wait to go back!

I was in Banff last summer and camped at Lake Louise. The campground is surrounded by an electric fence to keep the bears out! There are trails around the campground, which were great for a morning run. It is unreal how beautiful it is! The water is bright blue with mountains all around. Sorry U.S., but the Canadian rockies are much better.

The Front Ranges are located east of the Main Ranges. Banff National Park extends eastward from the continental divide and includes the eastern slope of the Main Ranges and much of the Front Ranges. The latter include the mountains around the Banff townsite. The foothills are located to the east of the Park, between Calgary and Canmore. On the other side of the Park, the Western Ranges pass through Yoho and Kootenay National Parks. Still farther west is the Rocky Mountain Trench, the western boundary of the Canadian Rockies region in British Columbia.       

Canada launched several bids to host the Winter Olympics in Banff, with the first bid for the 1964 Winter Olympics which were eventually awarded to Innsbruck, Austria. Canada narrowly lost a second bid, for the 1968 Winter Olympics, which were awarded to Grenoble, France. Once again, Banff launched a bid to host the 1972 Winter Olympics, with plans to hold the Olympics at Lake Louise. The 1972 bid was most controversial, as environmental lobby groups provided strong opposition to the bid, which had sponsorship from Imperial Oil.[6] Bowing to pressure, Jean Chrétien, then the head of Parks Canada, withdrew support for the bid, which was eventually lost to Sapporo, Japan. Several events were hosted at the Canmore Nordic Centre at Canmore, Alberta, located just outside the eastern gates of Banff National Park on the Trans-Canada Highway, when nearby Calgary, Alberta was awarded the 1988 Winter Olympics.       

i went with a group up here, one girl lived very lcose to me back home on toronto once we got to the top of one of the large foot hills we made a promise to come back one day, i sure hope we can keep it!

I set out for here about 6 years ago, but due to a friend’s firearms, we had to re-route our journey.

we drove up and down the entire park and Alberta. it was so amazing, the water is SO BLUE.

consolidating this & Lake Louise into Alberta on my list…

Just go there and enjoy the magic yourself

If you go, go in mid or late summer. Otherwise there might be snow (trust me, this is a bad thing).