Living There
Banff Town
Banff is a town located within the Banff National Park in the Alberta Rockies in Canada. The town is approximately 126km west of Calgary standing at an elevation of 1,400 meters above sea level. Banff town is the second highest elevation point in Alberta coming second after Lake Louise. The fact that Banff town is located within a national park is a clear sell out to a lot of tourists and travellers. Banff Town offers a variety of hotels for the best food in town as well as the best hospitable accomodation. The most common Banff Hotels are, the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, Rimrock Resort Hotel and the Hidden Ridge Resort. These hotels offer the travellers with the best accomodation features in town which include fair prices and tour guides around Banff. Banff town also offers a lot of tourist attraction sites as well as popular tourist activities.The most popular activities which are undertaken in the town include: mountain climbing, hiking, biking and skiing. These activities are possible due to the various tourist attraction features Banff town has to offer such as spectacular snow capped mountains, rocky mountains for mountain climbers and sloppy valleys which are common for biking.
Mountain climbing or scrambling is a common activity that has it’s popularity in Banff town. A number of mountains present in the town such as Mount Rundle, Cascade Mountain and Mount Norquay are popular with mountain climbing. Tunnel mountain which is only 1,690 meters high is also a common site for mountain climbers lovers. You can easily reach the summit of this mountain in just under 1 hour. Mountain climbing equipments such as axes, ropes, quickdraws, belly devices, harnesses and carabiners are all provided by the mountain climbers tour guides who are always present to see you through the tough and rough terrains.
For skiing lovers, Banff town offers you with a wide range of skiing sites and resorts. Skiing is common during the onset of winter in the month of November to the onset of summer in the month of May. Skiing lovers can skii the slopes of Mount Norquay which has it’s slopes covered with ice, Lake Louise Mountain as well as the Sunshine Village.
Biking is also a common activity in Banff Town. Man made terrains have facilitated biking. The Stoney Squaw slopes which is a portion of Mount Norquay offers biking lovers with the best slopes and terrains downhill. Bikers can enjoy their ride along the trails as they enjoy the spectacular snow capped view of the mountain. The shores of Lake Minnewanka which is located in Banff, has a park on it’s own and it offers bikers the opportunity to explore Banff town on a bike. Banff town is also the starting point of Great Divide Mountain Bike Route which connects Canada to New Mexico in the United States. The route terminates at the Antelope Wells in New Mexico. This is one great opportunity offered by Banff Town for any biking lovers who may be willing to trek through the two countries.
Hot springs are also common tourist attraction features in Banff. The Banff Upper Hot Springs which have their source from the Sulphur Mountain offers travellers with the opportunity of swimming in it while they view the spectacular slopes of Mount Rundle. The springs are usually warm with temperatures of 38 degree celcius.
