Another question about Banff to Jasper
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Personally I would choose to spend more days in jasper then Banff. This is partly due to being more familiar with it, and I don’t like huge crowds. That may change as my kids start getting to the age where we can do whole day hikes and not just the tourist trap sites. The parks Canada website will have decently detailed descriptions for hikes in the “things to do” tab when you are either on the Banff or jasper page.
I totally recommend reservations on weekends, but if there on a week day, especially if in June there are lots of more remote non reservation sites in smaller campgrounds. They are no services but usually come with a great view.
If stopping in Radium at all we love Canyon RV resort,
Tunnel mountain campgrounds in Banff are very parking lot like, you parrelel park on a paved road, but if you are planning on spending your entire time out and about sometimes it is nice to have a centrally located base camp with more services. If you get some of the sites along the south edge the view is amazing, you can find the ones with the good view when reserving. There full hookup sites do not have fire pits.
I totally recommend reservations on weekends, but if there on a week day, especially if in June there are lots of more remote non reservation sites in smaller campgrounds. They are no services but usually come with a great view.
If stopping in Radium at all we love Canyon RV resort,
Tunnel mountain campgrounds in Banff are very parking lot like, you parrelel park on a paved road, but if you are planning on spending your entire time out and about sometimes it is nice to have a centrally located base camp with more services. If you get some of the sites along the south edge the view is amazing, you can find the ones with the good view when reserving. There full hookup sites do not have fire pits.
