Taylor Lake Hike in Banff National Park

Arethusa Cirque is an extremely scenic short Kananaskis hike near the Highwood Pass. It’s not as well-known as the nearby Ptarmigan Cirque trail or the Pocaterra Ridge hike, but it offers a ton of varied Rocky Mountain scenery for a moderate amount of effort.

The Ptarmigan Cirque hike is a very popular Kananaskis trail near the Highwood Pass (the highest paved pass in Canada). This fun, kid-friendly Kananaskis hike offers hikers a wide variety of excellent mountain scenery over a relatively short distance.

Blessed with stunning mountain scenery, the Chester Lake hike is one of the best hikes in Kananaskis. It’s certainly one of the Kananaskis hikes we have done most often in our lives.

There are few places in Banff National Park more beautiful than the Lake Louise area. After spending a day exploring around the world-renowned, glacial-fed turquoise waters of Lake Louise or hiking around the iconic Moraine Lake, there’s no better feeling than walking into the lobby of one of best hotels in Lake Louise.

Welcome to our favourite month in Banff! What makes visiting Banff in September so great? September, while technically still summer for most of the month, is when we enjoy fall colours and temperatures.

Nestled in the heart of the Canadian Rockies, Banff National Park stands as a testament to nature’s unparalleled grandeur. Throughout the year, Banff welcomes adventurers, nature enthusiasts, and seekers of solitude from around the globe. But there is one season, in particular, when the park reveals its most enchanting secret – the brief but breathtaking …

We’ve been fortunate enough to enjoy a multitude of the best larch hikes in Alberta. We are always so awestruck by the beauty of fall in Banff, Canmore and Kananaskis that we make it a priority to take the kids out hiking as much as we can in the fall. It’s true, not all hikes …

For a few special weeks every fall, Alberta hikers go crazy with larch tree fever. Parking lots for the best larch hikes in Alberta fill before dawn and social media feeds fill up with images of these beautiful trees and their brilliant golden needles.

Kananaskis Country has long been one of our favorite places to go for hiking. It’s a place where you can find hikes to satisfy all levels of fitness without having to look very hard. In this list of easy Kananaskis hikes you’ll find some of our favorites.

After a day of playing in the Rocky Mountains on a hot summer day, there’s no better treat than ice cream. Whether you enjoyed an easy walk to Grassi Lakes, a day at Quarry Lake or tackled the challenging Ha Ling Peak trail, there’s a wide variety of excellent ice cream shops in Canmore waiting …