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Rockies Loop
A 7-day, driving-only Canadian Rockies loop: Banff → Lake Louise → Icefields Parkway → Jasper → Canmore, with the Icefields Parkway kept to routable highway stops and no Bow Lake / Peyto Lake legs.
7days
28stops
820km
Day 1: Calgary → … → Vermilion Lakes Viewpoint
1h 57min · 145km4 stops
Calgary
09:00
1h 28min · 128km
Banff Avenue
11:00
9min · 3.2km
Bow Falls Viewpoint
14:00
20min · 14km
Vermilion Lakes Viewpoint
16:30
Day 2: Banff Avenue → … → Lake Louise Village
1h 26min · 102km4 stops
Banff Avenue
08:00
7min · 3.5km
Lake Louise Lakeshore
09:15
47min · 62km
Johnston Canyon
13:30
32min · 37km
Lake Louise Village
16:30
Day 3: Lake Louise Village → … → Columbia Icefield Discovery C…
1h 41min · 143km3 stops
Mistaya Canyon
10:00
57min · 83km
Saskatchewan River Crossing
12:30
32min · 45km
Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre
15:00
Day 4: Columbia Icefield Discovery C… → … → Jasper
1h 20min · 110km3 stops
Sunwapta Falls
10:30
18min · 25km
Athabasca Falls
13:00
24min · 32km
Jasper
15:30
Day 5: Jasper → … → Maligne Lake
55min · 50km3 stops
Maligne Canyon
09:15
20min · 19km
Medicine Lake Viewpoint
12:30
25min · 23km
Maligne Lake
14:30
Day 6: Jasper → … → Canmore
2h 7min · 157km4 stops
Jasper
08:00
52min · 49km
Goats and Glaciers Viewpoint
10:00
28min · 38km
Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre
12:30
47min · 70km
Canmore
16:30
Day 7: Canmore → … → Calgary
1h 29min · 113km3 stops
Grassi Lakes
09:30
4min · 2.1km
Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park
13:00
1h 13min · 105km
Calgary
16:00
Heads Up
- 1. Keep fuel topped up before the Icefields Parkway
- 2. Carry snacks and layers
- 3. Buy the right Parks Canada pass for your group size
- 4. Treat wildlife pullouts calmly — stop only where it’s legal and safe