The Vista Chase journal • Banff & the Canadian Rockies
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Hiking in Banff National Park: What’s It All About?
- Seasons to visit: Year-round
- Parks Canada trails: 68
- Maintained trail area: 1,600km (1,000 miles)
- Hiking areas: Banff, Lake Louise, and Icefields Parkway
- Tallest peak: Mount Forbes at 3,612m (11,851 feet)
- Ability levels: Beginner, intermediate, and expert
- Indigenous lands: Territories of the Treaty 6, 7 and 8, Rocky View Métis District, and the Métis Homelands
Bucket list hikes, jaw-dropping views, and mountains so dramatic, they stop you in your tracks. Banff National Park is packed with iconic Canadian landscapes that leave you in awe. Picture yourself hiking past turquoise lakes, through vast evergreen forests, and along jagged mountain ridges that jut up towards the sky.
With an abundance of hiking trails to choose from, you’ll be spoiled for choice. Choose your own Banff hiking adventure, from short loop trails to day-long thigh-burners with rewarding views. Here in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks UNESCO World Heritage Site, you can wander past waterfalls, trek to a tea house, or soar in a helicopter above peaks and alpine tarns.
As Anthony T. on TripAdvisor explains: “This trip to Banff for our first time in Canada has been absolutely unreal. The views are pure magic—like something out of a fairy tale, with the towering Rockies and the famous turquoise lakes that literally took our breath away.”
Simply put: you need to add Banff National Park hiking to your itinerary.
“This trip to Banff for our first time in Canada has been absolutely unreal. The views are pure magic—like something out of a fairy tale.”
