Where to stay in Banff
Jan 15th 2010, 8:08 am
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Re: Where to stay in Banff
It's Lake Louise but Moraine Lake. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moraine_Lake
BTW - Lake Louise and Moraine Lake are both located within Banff National Park. Googling Banff National Park should provide you with more than enough info!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banff_National_Park
http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/banff/index_E.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moraine_Lake
BTW - Lake Louise and Moraine Lake are both located within Banff National Park. Googling Banff National Park should provide you with more than enough info!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banff_National_Park
http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/banff/index_E.asp
Jan 15th 2010, 8:53 am
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Re: Where to stay in Banff
It's Lake Louise but Moraine Lake.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moraine_Lake
BTW - Lake Louise and Moraine Lake are both located within Banff National Park. Googling Banff National Park should provide you with more than enough info!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banff_National_Park
http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/banff/index_E.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moraine_Lake
BTW - Lake Louise and Moraine Lake are both located within Banff National Park. Googling Banff National Park should provide you with more than enough info!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banff_National_Park
http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/banff/index_E.asp
Yes I know they are in the same park. I just didn't know how far apart from each other they were. I looked on Google Maps but nothing was displayed
Jan 15th 2010, 9:01 am
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Re: Where to stay in Banff
Found it now peeps!
Jan 15th 2010, 9:29 am
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Re: Where to stay in Banff
I can recommend the Falcon Crest Lodge in Canmore as well as Castle Mountain Chalets just outside of Banff. Moraine Lake is is beautiful and I really like Bow Lake - Num-ti-Jah lodge is a cool but rustic place to stay. If your going as far as the icefields then you could stay there too - we only realised they did accomodation there a couple of months ago, so not sure what it's like.
Jan 15th 2010, 9:51 am
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Jan 15th 2010, 9:58 am
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Re: Where to stay in Banff
Moraine Lake is a 15 minute drive from Lake Louise, Peyto Lake is probably 30-40 mins from Lake Louise (I can't remember). Emerald Lake is in the opposite direction from Peyto Lake. You would automatically pass Peyto Lake if you were travelling to Jasper from Lake Louise along the Icefields Parkway.
Emerald Lake is off Highway 1 (the Trans Canada) just into B.C.
On the Icefields Parkway you will see Bow Lake on the side of the highway. There is a piccie below. You then come to Peyto Lake, the Weeping Wall, the Columbia Icefield, then Sunwapta Falls and the Athabasca Falls. All worth stopping at. There are other sites on the way, it just depends how much you wish to get out of your car.
While they are "just" lakes. You will not appreciate why people visit them until you see them with your own eyes.
Emerald Lake is off Highway 1 (the Trans Canada) just into B.C.
On the Icefields Parkway you will see Bow Lake on the side of the highway. There is a piccie below. You then come to Peyto Lake, the Weeping Wall, the Columbia Icefield, then Sunwapta Falls and the Athabasca Falls. All worth stopping at. There are other sites on the way, it just depends how much you wish to get out of your car.
While they are "just" lakes. You will not appreciate why people visit them until you see them with your own eyes.
Jan 15th 2010, 11:06 am
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Must do's include the hot springs and Johnston/johnsons canyon- not sure what it's like on the summer but it's amazing in the winter.
Jan 15th 2010, 11:11 am
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Re: Where to stay in Banff
The Best Western in Canmore is a great place to stay and reasonably priced; in addition, you can't hear the goods train which is a bonus.
We have also stayed at a B & B in Banff (The Poplar Inn) located 2 mins from the shops. I have read reviews suggesting that hotels on and around Banff Avenue can be noisy in the summer due to a lack of air con in some hotels and the need to have your window open.
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We have also stayed at a B & B in Banff (The Poplar Inn) located 2 mins from the shops. I have read reviews suggesting that hotels on and around Banff Avenue can be noisy in the summer due to a lack of air con in some hotels and the need to have your window open.
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Jan 15th 2010, 1:03 pm
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Jan 15th 2010, 7:30 pm
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Thanks for all your help everyone!!
Jan 16th 2010, 12:56 am
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Re: Where to stay in Banff
There is parking there but you have to pay for it. It is not reserved for guests so, anyone wanting to use it can do so.
There is a lake at Lake Louise and little else. There are trails but, unless you wish to take a whole day, I would move on. I doubt that many tourists do anthing other than park car, walk 5 mins to lake, gasp at lake, elbow other tourists out of the way so their picture can be taken, walk back to car and drive on.
There is a lake at Lake Louise and little else. There are trails but, unless you wish to take a whole day, I would move on. I doubt that many tourists do anthing other than park car, walk 5 mins to lake, gasp at lake, elbow other tourists out of the way so their picture can be taken, walk back to car and drive on.
Jan 16th 2010, 1:39 am
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Re: Where to stay in Banff
Firtly if budget allows The Rimrock or As AC says Banff Springs. Otherwise anywhere on Banff Ave (really depends how long your staying if its one night does it really what the hotel/motel is like?)
LL is very nice and also has a Fairmount but again if your staying for a while you'd be bored shitless and probably penniless by the end of your stay.
Why do make this assumption?
Feel free to drive through the Lake but dont expect to be thanked or rescued 
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We are going to visit Banff in June this year. I would like to know where the best place to stay would be?
We have looked at staying in Lake Louise but we are not sure if this is going to be the best option.
I would be grateful if anyone that has been could share their experiences and give ideas as to the things we could do whilst there.
Thanks!
We have looked at staying in Lake Louise but we are not sure if this is going to be the best option.
I would be grateful if anyone that has been could share their experiences and give ideas as to the things we could do whilst there.
Thanks!
Banff Springs
http://www.fairmont.com/Banffsprings/
t's the only place I have ever stayed in Banff. Not cheap, but I assume you will only stay in Banff once, so you may as well do it in style
http://www.fairmont.com/Banffsprings/
t's the only place I have ever stayed in Banff. Not cheap, but I assume you will only stay in Banff once, so you may as well do it in style
Lake louise is nice enough, but its the nearby moraine lake thats worth the hike to (which I didnt have time to do). Either way dont you dare to just drive by! Get your arse out of the car and go check it out! I was only in Lake Louise very briefly, and took a hike up the trial to look down on it. Snow on the ground, in slippery running shoes...the 8000ft elevation really made me out of breath. Memorable though, its on the "places to go back to with more time" list.
http://www.paradiselodge.com/galhire...e%20TB_jpg.jpg
). Either way dont you dare to just drive by! Get your arse out of the car and go check it out! I was only in Lake Louise very briefly, and took a hike up the trial to look down on it. Snow on the ground, in slippery running shoes...the 8000ft elevation really made me out of breath. Memorable though, its on the "places to go back to with more time" list.http://www.paradiselodge.com/galhire...e%20TB_jpg.jpg
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Jan 16th 2010, 8:32 am
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Jan 18th 2010, 3:44 am
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Re: Where to stay in Banff
Banff Springs
http://www.fairmont.com/Banffsprings/
t's the only place I have ever stayed in Banff. Not cheap, but I assume you will only stay in Banff once, so you may as well do it in style
http://www.fairmont.com/Banffsprings/
t's the only place I have ever stayed in Banff. Not cheap, but I assume you will only stay in Banff once, so you may as well do it in style
We've stayed there and it was one of the worst hotels we have ever had the displeasure of staying in. Put my hubby off ever staying in a fancy hotel again. The staff were rude, and the room had no sink plug and it was dirty. We stayed at better motels on our road trip to Vancouver.
