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Canada Rockies Loop
A 12-day driving-only Canada road trip, rebuilt to avoid the failed Banff–Lake Minnewanka–Bow Falls–Upper Hot Springs legs and keep every day connected by normal road navigation.
12days
46stops
2322km
Day 1: Calgary → Red Deer → Edmonton
3h 13min · 302km3 stops
Calgary
09:00
1h 32min · 148km
Red Deer
11:00
1h 41min · 154km
Edmonton
15:00
Day 2: Edmonton → … → Hinton
3h 41min · 347km3 stops
Elk Island National Park
10:00
2h 14min · 226km
Edson
13:30
53min · 87km
Hinton
16:30
Day 3: Hinton → … → Jasper
1h 16min · 96km3 stops
Jasper
10:15
10min · 8.4km
Maligne Canyon
13:00
10min · 9.2km
Jasper
16:30
Day 4: Jasper → Medicine Lake Viewpoint → Maligne Lake
1h 45min · 97km3 stops
Medicine Lake Viewpoint
09:30
25min · 23km
Maligne Lake
10:45
52min · 49km
Jasper
15:30
Day 5: Jasper → … → Lake Louise
4h 12min · 356km3 stops
Athabasca Falls
09:45
1h 47min · 158km
Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre
12:30
1h 26min · 124km
Lake Louise
16:00
Day 6: Lake Louise → … → Banff
1h 1min · 71km3 stops
Lake Louise Lakeshore
08:00
12min · 7.2km
Moraine Lake Park and Ride
12:30
42min · 60km
Banff
16:30
Day 7: Banff → … → Canmore
1h 26min · 104km3 stops
Cave and Basin National Historic Site
09:30
37min · 41km
Johnston Canyon
12:30
43min · 61km
Canmore
16:00
Day 8: Canmore → … → Waterton Park
3h 59min · 372km3 stops
Barrier Lake Day Use Area
10:15
1h 32min · 140km
Longview
13:00
1h 59min · 191km
Waterton Park
16:30
Day 9: Waterton Park → … → Waterton Lakeshore
28min · 24km3 stops
Cameron Falls
09:30
12min · 12km
Red Rock Canyon
11:30
14min · 12km
Waterton Lakeshore
15:30
Day 10: Waterton Park → … → Drumheller
3h 56min · 375km4 stops
Waterton Park
09:00
2min · 0.6km
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Interpretive Centre
10:45
1h 11min · 106km
Fort Macleod
13:30
2h 43min · 268km
Drumheller
16:30
Day 11: Drumheller → Royal Tyrrell Museum → Horsethief Canyon Viewpoint
34min · 36km3 stops
Royal Tyrrell Museum
09:30
10min · 12km
Horsethief Canyon Viewpoint
13:30
17min · 17km
Drumheller
16:00
Day 12: Drumheller → Horseshoe Canyon Trail → Calgary
1h 36min · 142km2 stops
Horseshoe Canyon Trail
10:00
1h 21min · 124km
Calgary
13:00
Heads Up
- 1. Keep fuel above half in the mountain sections, especially Jasper–Icefields Parkway–Lake Louise.
- 2. For Lake Louise and Moraine Lake, check the current shuttle and parking setup before you go; access rules can change by season.
- 3. In Jasper, Banff, Kananaskis, and Waterton, avoid dusk driving when possible because wildlife is active near the roads.
- 4. Pack one warm layer even in summer — glacier viewpoints, high lakes, and Waterton wind can feel much colder than the towns.