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Can find free street parking in the Warehouse District pretty routinely, check the vicinity around Peche and Lucy's. About a mile walk, but it can be pretty pleasant. Grab a walking beer from Lucy's, stop in Rouses for any pre-game snacks.

re: Banff vs. Canmore

Posted by Do Stop Believing on 6/6/25 at 2:59 pm to
Another vote for Baker Creek Basecamp located halfway between Banff and Lake Louise. It was a bit pricey, but a great experience having communal firepits and the creek right outside your cabin. Perfect mix of cabin comfort and rustic nature environment. Save money by getting groceries in Banff to cook dinner at the cabin. Location also makes it easier to beat the early morning crowds in the park and Lake Louise.
Good point about Jasper, might want to check out the current conditions following the bad wildfires they had......those were actually less than a year ago, July 2024.

re: Banff/Jasper - Big Group

Posted by Do Stop Believing on 5/20/25 at 3:45 pm to
Beautiful part of the world. Some personal suggestions/highlights:

Canmore: cool town about 20min before Banff; the Bow River Loop is a beautiful, flat, and very easy 1.5 mile loop; you could likely do this with your whole crew and then get a meal in the town center.

Banff (in town): Tunnel Mountain Summit is a cool, beautiful hike that you can walk to from downtown; definitely moderate/maybe somewhat strenuous for the kids and elder flatlanders. Very accessible, could do this with part of your group and let others explore town.

Banff National Park: highly recommend Peyto Lake (easy for everyone); Mistaya Canyon Waterfall was also really cool and pretty quick/easy.

Visiting Lake Louise with a big group will be challenging, even getting shuttle tickets in advance can be tough. My advice would be to only take those that are willing to get there early in the morning (like by 7AM at the latest), should be able to park a car at that time. Leave the others in Banff for the day.

Yoho is great, but Banff will provide plenty of good stuff to fill your 3 days there.
Not a bad idea to have a bar/restaurant out there, maybe a little overambitious to make an entire district out of it though.

Only downside would be if the traffic clogged up exiting The Fly. Feels like a little nature sanctuary out there, would hate for that vibe to be affected.