How to plan one week in the Canadian Rockies

I like Jasper better than Banff. Both are beautiful, both have abundant wildlife and both have lots of activities. Jasper is a little more "wild", less built up and less crowded. Then there's the Icefields Parkway. You can take a long day and explore a lot of it when traveling between the parks or you can camp along the highway and not rush. How much time you spend in each park depends on what you want to do, but three to four days in each gives you fairly adequate time to take it all in. You can take a side-trip to Kootenay & Yoho NPs and see some gorgeous scenery. Calgary is a very nice city on the verge of a rebirth. We only had half a day and wished we had taken a day or two to explore. Again, it all depends on what your likes and dislikes are.