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Rockies Loop
You asked for a 7-day Canadian Rockies road trip; I’m keeping it exactly 7 days, driving-only, and I’m avoiding Moraine Lake entirely because personal-vehicle navigation there is restricted and caused the failed leg.
7days
28stops
1238km
Day 1: Calgary → … → Banff Avenue
1h 49min · 140km4 stops
Calgary
09:00
1h 12min · 104km
Canmore
10:45
23min · 25km
Lake Minnewanka
14:00
14min · 10km
Banff Avenue
16:30
Day 2: Banff → … → Banff Upper Hot Springs
1h 15min · 93km4 stops
Banff
08:30
4min · 0.9km
Lake Louise Lakeshore
09:30
45min · 61km
Castle Junction
12:30
26min · 31km
Banff Upper Hot Springs
15:30
Day 3: Banff → … → Jasper
4h 39min · 387km4 stops
Banff
08:00
12min · 5.3km
Peyto Lake Viewpoint
10:15
29min · 41km
Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre
13:00
3h 58min · 341km
Jasper
16:30
Day 4: Jasper → … → Maligne Lake
55min · 50km3 stops
Maligne Canyon
09:15
20min · 19km
Medicine Lake Viewpoint
12:30
25min · 23km
Maligne Lake
14:30
Day 5: Jasper → … → Lake Louise Village
5h 28min · 322km4 stops
Jasper
08:30
52min · 49km
Athabasca Falls
10:00
59min · 75km
Sunwapta Falls
12:45
3h 37min · 199km
Lake Louise Village
16:00
Day 6: Lake Louise Village → … → Takakkaw Falls Viewpoint
30min · 37km3 stops
Natural Bridge
09:15
7min · 6.7km
Emerald Lake
10:30
Takakkaw Falls Viewpoint
14:30
Day 7: Lake Louise Village → … → Calgary
2h 39min · 209km4 stops
Lake Louise Village
09:00
42min · 39km
Johnston Canyon
10:15
25min · 33km
Cochrane
13:30
1h 32min · 137km
Calgary
16:00
Heads Up
- 1. Moraine Lake is excluded due to personal vehicle restrictions; use the Parks Canada shuttle system instead.
- 2. Day 3: 5h 15m driving — plan rest stops