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The Canadian Rockies

11 Days in Sep
North America

Route Details

Days 1-5 (Jasper)

  • Mount Edith Cavell hike
  • Lac Beauvert
  • Annette Lake
  • Athabasca Falls
  • Abraham Lake
  • Crescent Falls

Flew into Calgary and because of flight delays we didn’t get to Jasper until the next day. The rental car facility was closed when we arrived so we lost almost a full day. We made the 5 hour drive to Jasper the next day and stayed at Alpine Village, which was wonderful – the absolute best place in Jasper. We had pretty relaxed days. One day we did the Edith Cavell hike, which we love because of the different views of the glaciers. Another day we rented bikes at the Fairmont and rode around Lac Beauvert. We did a picnic at Lake Annette one of the days, and we did a day trip to Lake Abraham and spent some time by Crescent Falls. Athabasca Falls is worth a stop on the way.

Day 6

  • Yoho National Park
  • Takakkow Falls

Drove to Rocky Mountain House with a stop at Yoho National Park. We saw Takakkow Falls, which is the 2nd highest waterfall in Canada behind Niagara.

Days 7-10 (Rocky Mountain House)

  • Fly fishing

We spent a very relaxing 4 days at Prairie Creek Inn. This place is top notch and we couldn’t wait for breakfast every day. The food for every meal was fantastic. We did a lot of reading, had a couple massages, and went fly fishing with Bruce Tilbrook one day. This was a good experience and I learned a lot about fly fishing.

Day 11

We drove back to Calgary and stopped by Banff on the way. We figured Moraine Lake would be very busy on a weekend day, but there were cars parked on both sides of the road a half mile away from the lake. We couldn’t find anything so we just turned around in the parking lot, went into town and did some shopping. Stayed the night in Calgary for an early flight home the next morning.

 

We’ve been to the Canadian Rockies over 10 times and keep going back. We probably wouldn’t return to Rocky Mountain House; we loved our stay at Prairie Creek Inn but there isn’t much to do in the town and it’s away from everything else. In Jasper our cottage is right beside the blue-green lake that make the Canadian Rockies famous, and at Rocky Mountain House you’re kind of in the middle of nowhere.

The drive from Banff to Jasper is the most beautiful drive in the world – we look forward to that every year we go back.
Year traveled: 2015

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