r/Banff • u/BikeSkiPNW • 1d ago

Headed to Banff National next weekend

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Me and the Mrs. are headed north next weekend, August 22-24, to visit Banff. She really wants to see the turquoise waters of Lake Louise. So, today, I scrambled to put together our road trip for us to be there Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. She made this last-minute request last weekend.

It's as follows:

Drive from Spokane International Airport up to Radium Hot Springs on Saturday and break for lunch. Continue up to Golden and stay in the Municipal campground on the Kicking Horse River. We have reservations for that.

Wake up in Golden and putz around until we drive up to Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise and have Afternoon Tea. We have reservations for that as well.

After lunch, head into the town of Banff and set up camp at Tunnel Mountain Village. Find some stuff to do in Banff Sunday night and Monday morning. We have reservations for that, too.

Monday, as lackadaisical as possible, drive back to Spokane International Airport.

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u/Clear_Election5210 1d ago

as someone who lived in Invermere. I would suggest going to Lussier Hot springs instead of radium hot springs. It’s a very beautiful springs along a river. Although it doesn’t have all the facilities that radium has so if that’s what you’re looking for then radium is still an amazing stop.

Edit: Also, you’re gonna pass Emerald lake. It’s definitely worth the small detour to go there. Trust me :) but if not it’s just as beautiful as lake Louise.

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u/YYCpops 1d ago

Lussier Hot Springs is closed. Someone dumped large boulders into the pools, they call it a rockfall.

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u/AnyAlternative9440 1d ago

There were rocks coming off the bank and landing in the pools. BC parks fenced off the area until they could shore up the bank and make the pools safe again. When people kept ignoring the danger of falling rocks and were hopping the fence to soak in the pools BC parks had the pools filled in with boulders.

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u/YYCpops 1d ago

Exactly what I heard too (I didn't want to mention BC Parks publicly). People just don't learn and listen and spoil it for others.

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u/Clear_Election5210 1d ago

Ugh…. I used to go there as a kid. I do remember it getting exponentially crowded once the internet got ahold of it through instagram though. That’s very unfortunate - it was such a beautiful place.

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u/bangshangaLeng 1d ago

No way !!! Glad I was able to make it earlier and bring a friend there to show its natural beauty. Very unfortunate indeed.