Marv, thanks for the suggestions. I have been toying with the idea of heading to Vancouver first. Banff is closer so that's always been our first stop, but this trip we have no constraints about where to go first. The biggest constraint may be where is the best place to hole up for the first week of July with Canada and the 4th in the US. I'm sure it will be packed everywhere.
Wow, Dave, thanks for all the info. I'll have to get the map out and plot this all out. We've done a few of the hikes you've mentioned, but your list is big. No, we're not backpacking this trip. A combination of mountain biking and hiking.
I would have responded sooner but we were in Moab for the week. Ran across people from both BC and AB and got lots of MTB trail suggestions. There's never enough time, is there? One place that came up a couple of times is Fernie, so doing some reading on that.
As far as rougher roads, we might not take the trailer in, but still might day trip to dome of those parks.
Thanks again for the post. I know you put a lot of time into all of that.