Highlights: Jasper Park Lodge Road, Hanging Valley Viewpoint, Maligne Canyon, Medicine Lake, Whitewater Rafting, Rose Marie’s Rock, Maligne Lake. Activities: Sightseeing, photography, walking, hiking, canoeing, whitewater rafting. Location: 5 kilometres East of Jasper. Time: Minimum of two hours. No trip to Jasper would be complete without a side trip to Maligne Lake. Separated from the…
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Highway 93A – The Old Banff/Jasper Highway
Highlights: Views of the Athabasca Valley, Portal Creek Trailhead, Marmot Basin Ski Area Road, Cavell Road, Wabasso Campground, Whirlpool River, Athabasca Falls. Activities: Sightseeing, photography, walking, hiking. Location: A few kilometers South of Jasper. Time: Minimum of one half-hour. If you like to avoid major highways for the peaceful meander of a backroad, than Highway…
The Cavell Road
Highlights: Astoria River, Access to Tonquin Valley, Path of the Glacier Trail, Angel and Cavell Glaciers, Cavell Meadows Trail. Activities: Sightseeing, photography, walking, hiking. Location: 5.2 km (3.2 mi) South of Jasper. Time: Minimum of one half-hour at the meadows. Edith Louise Cavell (1865-1915) was a British nurse during World War I. In 1907, she…
Miette Hot Springs
Miette Hot Springs have temperatures averaging over 50 degrees Celsius. The two hot pools at the springs are kept at about 40 degrees Celsius. At Miette, you can have a soak in the pool, and take in interpretive displays, the old pool, and hiking trails. The winding mountain road to Miette includes the Punchbowl Falls,…
The Columbia Icefields to Jasper
Section 4: The Columbia Icefields to Jasper Total distance: 103 kilometres (64 miles) Travel time: 1.5 hours As you depart from the Icefields Centre, the Parkway dips down slightly and travels along the gravel bed of the upper Sunwapta River for a few kilometres, then climbs abruptly to a viewpoint of Sunwapta Canyon and Mt….
The Bow Valley Parkway
Highlights: Bears, elk and other large wildlife, wildflowers, Bow River, Castle Mountain, Johnston Canyon, the Sawback Range. Activities: Sightseeing, photography, wildlife watching, walking, hiking, fishing. Location: Scenic route paralleling Highway 1 between Banff and Lake Louise. Accessed five minutes west of Banff or directly from Lake Louise village. Time: Minimum of 1.5 hours. The third…
Lake Minnewanka Tour
Text and Photography by Jeff Waugh Highlights: Lake Minnewanka, Two Jack Lake, Johnson Lake, the ghost town of Bankhead, bighorn sheep, coyotes, elk and other large wildlife. Activities: Sightseeing, photography, wildlife watching, walking, hiking, fishing, swimming, boating, picnicking, biking, cross-country skiing. Location: Scenic route linking the town of Banff to Lake Minnewanka and the swimming…
Banff Townsite Tour
Banff Townsite Tour Banff, Alberta First time to Banff? Wondering how to get yourself organized? Trying to find the right accomodations or choose the right activities? Well, you have come to the right place! Below is a virtual Banff townsite tour to integrate you as quickly as possible into the beauty of Banff. Discover Biking…
The Icefields Parkway
Icefields Parkway is one of the best known places in the Canadian Rockies for sightseeing. The drive takes you from Lake Louise to Jasper (or Jasper to Lake Louise) running an amazing gauntlet of enormous peaks, covered in ancient icefields. It’s one of the few places in North America where you can literally drive right…
Sightseeing Quick Tour
The Sightseeing Quick Tour provides you with an overview of a few of the premier drives and attractions found in Banff National Park. For more detailed information about each section, follow the link below the accompanying photo. Highlights: One of the world’s most spectacular mountain highways. Unsurpassed mountain scenery paralleling the Great Divide, including the…