Banff is Canada’s most well-known national park and a popular tourist destination. It can be very crowded, especially during the summer months. If you are traveling to Alberta, Canada or are living in the area and looking for something new to explore, I have ten recommendations of other adventurous locations to check out.
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Whistler’s Peak to Indian Ridge in Jasper National Park
During the summer of 2020, I was lucky enough to be invited on a trip to Jasper, AB. Despite living in Alberta my whole life, I hadn’t been to Jasper National Park before. I stayed for three nights, managing to hike three different trails, one per day. On my last full day in Jasper, we …
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Bald Hills Trail Loop in Jasper Alberta
During my weekend in Jasper National Park in the summer of 2020, I joined a hike called Bald Hills Trail. This hike begins near Maligne Lake, one of the most photographed lakes in the Canadian Rockies. While it is a goal of my to one day canoe the length of this 22 km lake on …
Wilcox Pass along the Icefields Parkway in Alberta
Wilcox Pass is a moderate hike that offers incredible views of the icefields throughout almost the entire trail. We chose to do this hike as a way to break up the long drive from Calgary to Jasper townsite. We hiked Wilcox in mid-July, so there wasn’t much snow left on the trail, though there were …
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