lute@abnjh.UUCP (07/01/83)
I am going to spend a week in Calgary visiting some friends there for the first time. Does anyone have any suggestions of things that I should or should not see while I am out there? Is there anything about the airports or Air Canada Airlines that I should watch out for? Any good places for day hikes, canoeing/swimming in the area? Please send me mail if you have any info. thanks. Jim Collymore p.s. I do know about the Calgary Stampede, but unfortunately, I will be arriving after it is over.
leichter@yale-com.UUCP (Jerry Leichter) (07/11/83)
You MUST get out to Jasper - or is it Banff in that region? They are connecting parks. (Actually, there is a third park in the system.) The Canadian Rockies in that area are about the most beautiful scenery I have ever seen. If you like camping, there are great places to camp there, too. If I remember right, it's about a 3 hour drive from Calgary. -- Jerry
wm@tekchips.UUCP (07/18/83)
The three parks in the Canadian Rockies are Banff, Jasper and Yoho. There are other parks near-by. Banff is the more built up and touristy. Jasper is down-right beautiful. I just spent three nights in Chateau Lake Louise, an old Canadian Pacific Resort. It was the week before the season started, so it was $50/night (canadian, so ~~ $40 US$) and had a wonderful time. Food in Banff is excellent, and was very inexpensive. There were actually restaurants there that had LOWERED their prices, and combined with the exchange rate, were a great deal. Lots of places to hike to, especially near Lake Louise and up towards Jasper. Columbia icefields is interesting. If you have never hiked across a glacier... Wm Leler tektronix!tekchips!wm
courtney@hp-pcd.UUCP (Courtney Loomis) (07/23/83)
#R:abnjh:-18400:hp-pcd:8900003:000:276 hp-pcd!courtney Jul 22 08:17:00 1983 The Colombia Icefields Parkway is the highway that runs between Banff and Jasper... You could spend weeks exploring the many beautiful and dramatic trails that leave the highway. PLAN to backpack, car-camp, or "motor-tour" that stretch of land... you won't regret it!