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If you like mountains Banff is the place to see them.
I have traveled the Rockies mountains from Sante Fe, NM. to Banff National. Through Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, British Colombia, and Alberta. I have fished in Alaska. They are not the Rockies but there are mountains there. I lived in the Sierra Nevada range and fished in the Cascades.
Most of my time was spent chasing wild trout. Other times site seeing and soft hiking.
Yellowstone and Glacier National are incredible to see but Banff somehow seems different.
For someone who is a photographer and is into photographing mountain landscapes. Damn, they would be in heaven.
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Pretty part of the world. My wife was born in Idaho so we have used that as a base of operation so to speak half a dozen times.
Lake Louise, Moraine Lake..doesn't get any better than that.
Moraine Lake lodging is more rustic. We rented a cabin. At Lake Louise, the Fairmont Chateau is about as upscale as it gets. Very nice property.
Once you see the color of that water, it never leaves your mind.
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Spectacular.
Everywhere you look.
We went to a place that had six wolves that were rescued from different situations. During a presentation about wolves from a park ranger in front of one of the enclosures. One of the wolves lifted his head and howled. Then the others in other locations howled in return.
It is a different sound than hearing through a TV.
Hard to describe. It is a natural sound with tone quality and timbre. Beautiful really.
The way light from the sun hits cliffs at different times is breathtaking. Waterfalls are all over the place.
Not sure what else nature can do to display such beauty.
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From Glacier up to Banff is such an incredible area. I still like the Many Glacier area of Glacier NP the most but you certainly can't go wrong in Banff. I still need to stay at a nicer place up there at some point, maybe that thought would change then. I've stayed at Many Glacier Hotel inside of Glacier and the Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton. Both absolutely breathtaking lodges. Banff was just a regular hotel. I'd love to go stay somewhere better up there one day.
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Banff was just a regular hotel. I'd love to go stay somewhere better up there one day. Checkout the Fairmont in Banff. Awesome place and great skiing (if you like snow skiing).
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My bucket list includes both Glacier and Banff - hopefully one day
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Jeudy is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Tillman is flanked out wide to the right. Judkins and Ford are split in the backfield as Flacco takes the snap ... Here we go."
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Check.
Good ones to have on that list.
Go when you can avoid the big crowds.
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"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Jeudy is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Tillman is flanked out wide to the right. Judkins and Ford are split in the backfield as Flacco takes the snap ... Here we go."
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I pulled them off the internet
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Having just been there it is all so fresh in my mind.
The above last shot I was just there thinking "damn what a sight."
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almost seems like those views are too good to exist lol
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almost seems like those views are too good to exist lol They do, but they are. My wife and I have been up there twice. The last being maybe 15 years ago. I mentioned it earlier in the thread and a few more followed. We stayed on both trips. This is where you want to stay. It isn't cheap, but it's where you want to stay. The hotel in one form or another has been there since the late 1800's. https://www.fairmont.com/en/hotels/lake-louise/fairmont-chateau-lake-louise.html
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awesome thanks for that info
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bucket list, for sure.
(I need to get busy- life ain't getting longer, you know...))
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Go in the Fall when the aspens change color and less people are there.
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"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Jeudy is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Tillman is flanked out wide to the right. Judkins and Ford are split in the backfield as Flacco takes the snap ... Here we go."
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Go in the Fall when the aspens change color and less people are there. A sea of yellow with a hint of orange.
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Aspens and alpine go hand in hand.
Love the Fall in the mountains.
I was living in Reno for about five years from 2015 till 2020. We lived off the road that went to Lake Tahoe.
Damn near every day I hiked around the area. The Fall was magic. The Aspen groves were spectacular.
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A few years ago I went to the Catskill MT area for a weekend in the fall - that was incredible too
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