Banff National Park, Alberta I will never get used to driving in the winter up here in the Canadian Rockies. I remember when I started driving as a 17 year maniac. My granny would sit beside me fearful for her own life and that of everybody around our car – and that was just when…
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Banff to Jasper with Jasper Vacations
Banff, Jasper, Alberta Long trips can often be the most boring and repetitive drives imaginable. Concrete, cars and traffic lights begin to make you go crazy. However, it is a totally different feeling when you are being picked up from a glorious town like Banff, then driving across the Icefields Parkway (the world’s most beautiful…
Driving in a Canadian Rockies Snowstorm
Banff National Park, Alberta Generally outside the warmest summer months of the year in Banff, Jasper and really all around the Canadian Rockies, you have to be prepared for literally any kind of freakish weather. As Banff Insider this really should go double. However, you may have noticed that I spent an inordinate amount of…
Banff Sightseeing
Foggy Ideas of Banff Banff National Park, Alberta There are many things I don’t know, believe it or not. As Banff Insider, I thought my knowledge could not be surpassed but I was proved wrong when I took an early morning tour of Banff. I am going to blame my brain cell deficiency on the…
Scenic Drives of the Canadian Rockies
Scenic Drives of the Rockies – the Minnewanka Meander Banff National Park, Alberta The beautiful thing about driving an old Ford Escort whose passenger window refuses to close is that you can’t help but admire the clearest views of the Canadian Rockies albeit while wearing two hats, scarves, gloves and a super thermal suit. Often,…
Driving the Canadian Rockies in Winter
Winter Driving in the Canadian Rockies Banff National Park, Alberta It is one thing watching snow vomit down from your living room as you wrap your hands around a warm mug of hot chocolate but driving in these conditions is a whole other kettle of frozen fish. This morning I made the hung-over 22km drive…
Getting to the Canadian Rockies town of Golden
Golden, British Columbia Getting to Golden has never been easier! Pack those bags, book accommodations, choose some great activities and prepare for the adventure of a lifetime. Golden is a destination of ‘must do’ and ‘must see’. Below are some hints to help you achieve as much as humanly possible. By Air Golden is roughly…
Winter Driving in the Canadian Rockies
Getting around the Canadian Rockies year ’round The Canadian Rockies winter driving conditions aren’t really that bad, if you don’t mind riding behind eight harnessed caribou, bundled in a parka on the way to the igloo you’ll be sleeping/freezing in. But seriously, roads in and around Lake Louise, Jasper National Park, Banff National Park, Golden…