The Best Coffee Shop in Banff
Banff National Park, Alberta
If ‘people watching’ is one of your favourite sports, you are going to love Banff. So many different kinds of people stroll up and down the streets of this gorgeous little town. Window shopping is a big favourite amongst tourists as is stopping in for a beer [...]

Nightlife in Banff, Top 3 Hotspots
Banff, Alberta
By John McKiernan
Staff Writer
Ah the trials and tribulations of being a Banff Park Ranger. Staying in fancy hotels, reviewing the best restaurants in the Canadian Rockies and sometimes having to drink a beer or two to check the nightlife scene. Life can be hard. It must be admitted, if [...]

The Banff Caribou Lodge & Spa
Banff, Alberta
When I visit the hotels of Banff, Canmore and Jasper for you, my distinguished readers, I always try to be as honest as possible with my experiences. However, even if there was anything wrong with the Banff Caribou Lodge & Spa, I would struggle to write it because the [...]

Five Things You Might Not Have Known About Banff
Banff, Alberta
Back in my youth, I wasn’t much in school. Only old George W. Bush could make me look the genius that I believe myself to be. However, there is one subject I have always excelled at my friends and that is Banff. Banff National Park, Banff [...]

The Parker Ridge Trail
Banff, Alberta
As fit as I like to claim myself to be, there is just no way I can do every hike in Banff within a year. Even Steven Seagal in his many peak years would struggle. Sure, if I have to review a five star hotel in Canmore or divulge myself [...]

Marmot Basin Ski Area.
Banff, Alberta.
We here at the Canadian Rockies office take every opportunity during the long ski season to get out onto the slopes so we can share our vast knowledge with you. However, sometimes, with all the activities at our front door, it is just impossible to get onto all the slopes to [...]

Hiking Waterton National Park
Waterton National Park, Alberta
Crypt Lake Trail, Waterton Park
Distance: 17.2 km / 10.7 minutes (return)
Time: 6 – 8 hours (plan a full day)
Elevation Gain: 700 m / 2297′
Waterton National Park is proud home to some of the Rockies’ great treks. For an awe-inspiring full day hike, take a boat taxi across Waterton Lake [...]

So you have arrived in Banff, you have emptied your bags in your hotel room; you have eaten the complimentary chocolate and requested more. You have two great weeks of activities ahead of you so there is no need to rush into anything. Why not get rid of those traveling knots in your back by [...]

Moraine Lake is not the kind of place to let rain interfere in its unique beauty. Aside from meaning I had to carry a few extra provisions on my hike, the damp spring weather hindered us not. Moraine Lake is a glacially fed lake in Banff National Park, 14km outside the village of Lake Louise [...]

The best way to find out about a new place is by asking a local. When talking about Banff, they don’t come much more local than the Banff Park Ranger. I have spent time in some of Banff’s best accommodations, partaken in the most exciting adventures and drank some of its finest beer to excess. [...]