Family Mountain Trip

We have done Glacier (stayed in Coram - airbnb) and Yosemite (stayed in West Yosemite - airbnb) and both were fantastic.

They were both amazing and i'd go back to both again in a second.

Glacier we were able to go to the city of Whitefish and do other non-park things much easier than Yosemite. Not many things to do outside of Yosemite without a long drive.

I've heard amazing things about Banff also. I don't think you can go wrong with any of these.

Just check out things to do and see what peaks your interest most.

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I'd look hard at Jackson Hole also, its fantastic for this. Its the best place I've been to where you can be in a normal town and 30-45 mins later feel like you are alone in a vast wilderness with grizzlies and wolves.

Hiking, scenery, and wildlife combination is virtually unbeatable. There's tons of places you can see wildlife from the vehicle too.

The other 2 are fantastic also. Banff is not easy to get to though.

These are all top places to visit. Have you consider smaller locations in say Colorado? Or maybe somewhere like Tahoe?

I would not sleep on Lake Tahoe

Banff and Glacier are both incredible. We stayed in Whitefish for Glacier and Canmore for Banff. if you decide on Banff, I highly recommend splitting it up b/t Banff and Jasper. Just the drive between the 2 is pretty amazing on the ice fields parkway. There's other national parks such as Yoho that aren't far from Banff. My only beef with Banff is that it's extremely crowded at the popular spots such as Lake Louise.

you can't go wrong with either option imo

we have a similar size family I have planned for in the past. We did Jackson Hole last summer, you have yellow stone, grand teton NP, white water rafting, fly fishing, biking, Jackson Hole resort, Snow king resort, and plenty of restaurants.

Doing Whitefish/Glacier next summer with the same group

We looked into Banff area, but the issue was a lack of lodging for groups our size without it being $50k for a week.

I think we were under $20k for jackson hole and whitefish for lodging.

I know it's not mountains but have you thought about southern Utah or northern Arizona?

The Ruby's Inn compound in Bryce Canyon City has a multitude of lodging options. They may not have the Airbnb style house but they have cabins and hotel rooms. You are right at the entrance to Bryce and a short drive to Capitol Reef, Cedar Breaks and Zion.

You could also look about an Airbnb around Flagstaff and be drivable to Grand Canyon, Sedona, Petrified Forest, etc.

In Glacier we stayed in an AIRBNB in Coram. It was a bunch of identical houses all next to each other, like 8-10 of them. Each one fit 5 people easily and all had their own hot tub and outdoor grilling area. It was an easy drive into GNP or Whitefish.

Sedona, Arizona