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Rockies Loop
A 7-day driving-only Canadian Rockies loop from Banff to Lake Louise, up the Icefields Parkway to Jasper, then back south to Canmore.
7days
28stops
1062km
Day 1: Banff → … → Two Jack Lake
32min · 18km4 stops
Banff
09:30
6min · 1.9km
Cave and Basin National Historic Site
11:00
20min · 12km
Lake Minnewanka
14:30
6min · 3.8km
Two Jack Lake
17:00
Day 2: Banff → … → Lake Louise Lakeshore
1h 17min · 86km4 stops
Banff
08:30
14min · 10km
Johnston Canyon
09:15
30min · 39km
Lake Louise Village
12:45
33min · 37km
Lake Louise Lakeshore
14:00
Day 3: Lake Louise Village → Moraine Lake → Lake Louise Lakeshore
1h 43min · 139km4 stops
Lake Louise Village
08:00
1min · 0.2km
Moraine Lake
09:00
51min · 69km
Lake Louise Lakeshore
13:00
51min · 69km
Lake Louise Village
16:30
Day 4: Lake Louise Village → … → Jasper
4h 26min · 376km3 stops
Peyto Lake Viewpoint
09:00
3h 39min · 309km
Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre
12:00
35min · 51km
Jasper
16:30
Day 5: Jasper → Pyramid Lake → Jasper East Gate
1h 33min · 119km3 stops
Pyramid Lake
10:00
49min · 61km
Jasper East Gate
13:30
40min · 57km
Jasper
16:30
Day 6: Jasper → … → Canmore
3h 31min · 311km3 stops
Sunwapta Falls
10:00
1h 10min · 98km
Saskatchewan River Crossing
13:00
1h 42min · 158km
Canmore
16:45
Day 7: Canmore → Grassi Lakes → Quarry Lake Park
25min · 13km3 stops
Grassi Lakes
10:30
5min · 3.2km
Quarry Lake Park
14:30
8min · 3.5km
Canmore
17:00
Heads Up
- 1. reserve Lake Louise/Moraine Lake shuttle access early
- 2. download offline maps
- 3. keep fuel topped up before the Icefields Parkway
- 4. check Alberta 511 and Parks Canada updates before long parkway drives
- 5. carry layers even in summer