Apr 17 2025
🏔️ Overview Banff National Park protects one of the most spectacular sections of the Canadian Rockies, where enormous limestone peaks rise above turquoise glacial lakes, forested valleys, alpine meadows, glaciers, and rushing mountain rivers. Established in 1885, Banff was Canada’s first national park and became the foundation of the country’s national park system. Today, the …
Nov 15 2023
Mount Assiniboine Rising in a near-perfect pyramid above the lakes, glaciers, and alpine meadows of the southern Canadian Rockies, Mount Assiniboine is one of Canada’s most recognizable mountains. Its steep triangular profile has earned it the enduring nickname “Matterhorn of the Rockies,” and from classic viewpoints around Lake Magog, the resemblance is easy to understand. …
Mar 12 2023
The North American Rocky mountains by begin as far south as mid-New Mexico, but their northernmost point is a full 3,000 miles away, nestled inside an ecosystem that looks absolutely nothing like its southern counterpart. This should serve as no surprise to anyone who is familiar with that great collection of mountains … a family …
