Icefields Pkwy (93) Banff to Jasper

BB_TX wrote:
When in the Banff area, take a side trip along 1A from Banff to Lake Louise and you may see some of these. We saw 5 in one group right beside the road.

We saw at least three times that many elk in our campground loop at Whistler's in Jasper National Park one morning. We were trying to leave the campground and had to wait for a bull to move off the campground road so we could get out.

Our Nissan truck had only a 19 gallon gas tank when we towed our trailer on the Icefields Parkway, but we had no problems with fuel. We stayed at the campground in Lake Louise for a couple of days to see the surrounding lakes, video the Spiral Tunnels, and photograph spectacular Takakkaw Falls in Yoho NP. We filled up with gas in Lake Louise instead of filling at Saskatchewan river crossing and it was slightly less expensive there.

We have also stayed on the old highway at Johnston Canyon Resort, which has a nearby gas station. The campground does not have hookups, but it is a beautiful area to hike and photograph the waterfalls and surrounding mountains.

I would highly recommend spending some of your two weeks in Banff NP at Lake Louise and Johnston Canyon. The only negative is the train noise at Lake Louise campground. But we use ear plugs most of the time when camping and the scenery there definitely makes up for that little inconvenience.