Before I travel, I tend to remind myself that my perception of a place is rarely the reality—particularly in a destination like Canada's Banff National Park ... a frozen waterfall and skiing ...

Alison Criscitiello, director of the Canadian Ice Core Lab at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, knows Banff National Park as both ... the side of a frozen waterfall above Lake Louise.

From the aurora-lit skies of Canada’s newest dark sky park to the tiny railway town near one of Canada’s tallest waterfalls, ...

One thing I noticed about Banff and Jasper National Parks in Alberta, Canada, even in early spring, was the accessibility of ...

Banff National Park occupies more than 2,000 square miles of southwest Alberta. Most of the tourists ... during the winter because of frequent ice falls. Ski slopes surround Banff.