Foodie experiences in Banff National Park range from a tasting tour in a castle to a 100-year-old tea house that requires a four-mile hike through the mountains to reach it.

The park encompasses the towns of Banff and, just a tad to the west, tiny Lake Louise. For planning purposes, I’d pick up a couple of books, such as Graeme Pole’s Classic Hikes in the Canadian ...

The iconic town of Banff (and its sister city, Canmore, located 20 minutes away outside the park boundary) is a perfect staging ground for skiing and ski mountaineering within the Canadian Rockies.

Will Lambert/Courtesy of Banff & Lake Louise Tourism This season, SnowDays will run from Jan. 19 to Feb. 4, 2024, with cold-weather events in both Banff and Lake Louise.

Vancouver is a top city for outdoor enthusiasts, due in no small part to the water and mountains that surround it, and Stanley Park, a 1,000-acre public space bordering downtown. The park itself ...

My round trip from Calgary to Banff, then Lake Louise to Calgary, cost around $200. A tent in Two Jack Main Campground in Banff National park on Aug. 6, 2023. (Tynin Fries, The Denver Post) ...

Banff National Park is home to three of the world's finest ski resorts; Mt. Norquay, The Lake Louise Ski Area and Sunshine Village. That's almost 8,000 acres of terrain on one tri-area lift ticket.

For hikers, it doesn’t get better than Lake Louise; it’s the hiking capital of the Canadian Rockies, home to 120 miles of trails. The hamlet itself, at 5,680 feet, is the highest town in Canada.

“Canadian Pacific Railway originally marketed Banff Springs as ‘100 Switzerlands in One.’ It was an opportunity to be in the wilderness with white linens, four course meals, and a million ...