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Canadian Rockies Loop
7days
22stops
569km
The route
Tap a day or a townYou sleep in Banff · Improvement District No. 9 · Jasper National Park · Jasper Townsite · Jasper — start in Banff, end in Canmore.
DAY01
Depart → Lake Minnewanka
64 km · 55m driving · Overnight in Lake Minnewanka
- 09:00Depart· start
- 5.2 km · 10m
- 10:30Banff Gondola
- 2.1 km · 6m
- 13:30Bow Falls
- 57 km · 39m
- 15:30Lake Minnewanka· overnight
Accommodation
Banff Town
DAY02
Depart → Herbert Lake
50 km · 41m driving · Overnight in Herbert Lake
- 09:00Depart· start
- 3.1 km · 5m
- 10:00Lake Louise
- 8.4 km · 9m
- 14:30Moraine Lake
- 38 km · 27m
- 17:30Herbert Lake· overnight
Accommodation
Lake Louise Village
DAY03
Depart → Sunwapta Falls
162 km · 2h 3m driving · Overnight in Sunwapta Falls
- 09:00Depart· start
- 87 km · 1h 4m
- 10:30Peyto Lake
- 51 km · 40m
- 13:00Columbia Icefield
- 24 km · 19m
- 16:00Sunwapta Falls· overnight
Accommodation
Sunwapta or Glacier View
DAY04
Depart → Jasper Townsite
44 km · 49m driving · Overnight in Jasper Townsite
- 09:00Depart· start
- 10:30Athabasca Falls
- 33 km · 36m
- 13:30Mount Edith Cavell
- 11 km · 13m
- 16:30Jasper Townsite· overnight
Accommodation
Jasper Townsite
DAY05
Depart → Medicine Lake
197 km · 2h 33m driving · Overnight in Medicine Lake
- 09:00Depart· start
- 14 km · 15m
- 10:00Maligne Canyon
- 25 km · 27m
- 13:00Maligne Lake
- 158 km · 1h 51m
- 16:30Medicine Lake· overnight
Accommodation
Jasper Townsite
DAY06
Depart → Canmore
52 km · 1h 3m driving · Overnight in Canmore
- 09:00Depart· start
- 11:30Mistaya Canyon
- 44 km · 48m
- 14:00Bow Lake
- 8.5 km · 15m
- 17:00Canmore· overnight
Accommodation
Canmore
DAY07
Depart → Quarry Lake Park
- 09:00Depart· start
- 10:00Grassi Lakes
- 13:30Canmore Nordic Centre
- 16:00Quarry Lake Park
Heads Up
- Buy a Discovery Pass (National Park entry) online to save time.
- Fuel up in Jasper or Lake Louise; there is only one gas station on the 230km Icefields Parkway (Saskatchewan River Crossing) and it's pricey!