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Must See

Mountain
climber
scaling a
large vertical
ice wall at
Johnston Canyon

STAY

Lake Louise Inn
A range of guest rooms
are available, some
featuring full kitchens,
fireplaces, and Jacuzzi
tubs. The inn also has
several good dining
options, a heated indoor
pool and hot tub area,
and complimentary bike
Walkway on the peak of and snowshoe rentals.
Sulphur Mountain, just
outside Banff ⌂ 210 Village Rd,
Lake Louise
∑ lakelouiseinn.com
BANFF \\\
Guarded by sky-high Mount realized the springs would Storm Mountain
Rundle, the town of Banff attract visitors, so he built the Lodge
grew up around the hot grand Banff Springs Hotel in Former Canadian Pacific
springs that were discovered 1888. The resort was very Railway cabins have
here in the 1880s. The popular, and the town quickly been renovated to
Canadian Pacific Railway expanded to accommodate provide an authentic
president at that time, Sir the influx. experience in the
William Cornelius Van Horne, Today, Banff offers visitors woods with claw-foot
a full range of facilities and is tubs and wood-burning
an excellent base for exploring fireplaces. There are no
INSIDER TIP the park. The nearby Cave kitchen facilities, but
Shuttle Buses and Basin National Historic gourmet meals are
To ease congestion Site tells the story of Banff’s offered by the lodge.
along the roads and development and has tunnels ⌂ Hwy 93 S, Banff
parking lots, shuttle to explore, while the Tunnel National Park ¢ check
services are available Mountain summit trail has website for details
in Banff and Lake Louise gorgeous views across the ∑ stormmountain
to the various sights. Bow Valley. You can also take lodge.com
Some shuttle buses are a ride in a gondola to the top \\\
free and some charge a of Sulphur Mountain, and
small fee. afterward go for a relaxing
soak in the Upper Hot Springs.
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