Bypassing Jasper for Canada Glacier NP

trigley wrote:
Glacier National Park is very beautiful but unless you are avid hikers there is no way 5 to 7 days in Glacier equals 5 to 7 days in Jasper. There are some great day or more trips you could take out of Revelstoke but you are going a long way east to do so. I would think you would be better off to include this area in the 5 to 7 weeks you plan for next year.
If you choose not to go that route the Fraser Canyon (#1) is a nice drive. That would leave you with the Okanagan, Shuswap, Rogers Pass & Kootenay areas for next year which combined with Banff, Jasper, Yoho & Kootenay National Parks and the Kananaskis would make an excellent 5 to 7 week trip.

Agree completely. The distance and time from Lake Louise to Glacier and Revelstoke is pretty short and there is a lot to see along the way. The road over Kickinghorse Pass from Lake Louise is scenic and you should not miss the Spiral Tunnels Overlook (Canadian Pacific Rwy.) and Takakkaw Falls in Yoho National Park.

We went to Alaska last year via the Okanagan Valley and would highly recommend that you travel back to San Diego through there this summer. A series of gorgeous glacial lakes fill the valley and the hillsides are covered with vineyards and orchards. Every kind of fruit and produce imaginable is available this time of year, wine tours can be found all along the route, and there is lots of good food to go with the great wines. The best lunch of our entire summer in NW North America was on the terrace of the Quail's Gate Winery in West Kelowna. The Okanagan reminds me of the Lake Como area of Italy (with better English) and is now on our "must return to" list.