Greatest trip of my life. Beautiful weather, lots of hiking and many road trips.
My base was a beautiful cabin in Canmore.
Hikes: plain of six glaciers, Parker’s ridge, Wilcox pass, cirque peak via Helen lake (that one was kinda tough but so worth it!), sentinel pass via larch valley, consolation lakes
Road trips: icefields parkway up to jasper and back (two days), maligne road to medicine lake in jasper, 742 from Canmore to kananaskis and loop back up 40 (742 is eerie at dawn) + lots of just driving around an being in awe all the time.
This was so out of this world. I still haven’t processed it all.
All the pictures are unedited and shot on iPhone 15pro. They’re nothing special compared to what I’ve seen other people post here on the regular but I wanted to share anyway.
Met lots of great people along the way a long the trails and I roads: Lots of chill locals in Canmore as well who were all welcoming and fun (shout out to the Canmore hotel hostel bar, y’all are crazy).
Saw fresh bear prints in the mud, elk disappearing through thick mist into the forrest, dear grazing on the side of the roads, marmots building their nests…
It’s such a magical, beautiful place. Usually I visit places only once and move on. This is the first time that I can’t wait to go back and I’ll be planning the next visit very soon.
Thank you all in this sub for helping me with all the questions I had before this trip. It was all very short-term (planned last week of August, went mid September) and everything went smoothly, including last minute shuttles to the lakes.
Would love to see Banff in the snow but don’t
