Banff National Park doesn’t announce itself quietly. It rises from the plains of Alberta, where the land folds into the ...

Cindy Hirschfeld, an avid skier and frequent contributor to the Travel section, regularly visits the Canadian Rockies. The town of Banff, about 80 miles west of Calgary in southwest Alberta, sits ...

Yes, but not quite. More than just a spa, the facility extracts glacial-fed waters from the snow on the mountains surrounding ...

Western Canada offers a journey through some of the most spectacular scenery on Earth, a vast landscape stretching from the wild shores of the Pacific Ocean to the soaring mountain peaks of the ...

Most of the world knows Banff, situated in the heart of the Canadian Rockies, as a national park full of majestic mountains and vibrant blue waters. After all, Lake Louise is an international icon, ...

Come September, when the last of the summer crowds have returned to work and school, the Canadian Rockies begin their quiet transformation. The larch trees turn a brilliant gold, the air grows crisp, ...