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4runnerguy
Feb 22, 2017Explorer
Day 6 is way long! Have you ever driven from Estes Park to Grand Lake through Rocky Mountain NP? Banff to Jasper is four times as long and you have several side trips and or stops on that day.
Might I suggest scheduling your trip to Lake Louise and Moraine Lake for Day 7 as a day trip from your Banff CG? There's a lot to see and do there. On Day 6, just visit those places north of Lake Louise. Between stopping for pictures and visiting places like the Icefields, you'll still probably get into Banff pretty late that evening.
Combined, Banff and Jasper are 15 times the size of RMNP! And you aren't even getting to visit nieghboring Yoho and Kootenay which are righteous parks in their own right.
Might I suggest scheduling your trip to Lake Louise and Moraine Lake for Day 7 as a day trip from your Banff CG? There's a lot to see and do there. On Day 6, just visit those places north of Lake Louise. Between stopping for pictures and visiting places like the Icefields, you'll still probably get into Banff pretty late that evening.
Combined, Banff and Jasper are 15 times the size of RMNP! And you aren't even getting to visit nieghboring Yoho and Kootenay which are righteous parks in their own right.
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