Red Rock Canyon is located about 20 minutes west of the Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, off Highway 159, making it easy to get to if you are in Vegas for a show or conference. We rented a car on…
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Peyto Lake, Banff National Park
Peyto Lake (pee-tow) is located on the west side of the Icefield Parkway north of Bow Lake. It is closer to Saskatchewan Crossing than to Lake Louise. The upper portion of this trail is easy, paved and well traveled by…
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Helen Lake, Banff National Park
Helen Lake is a very popular trail given it is largely an easy hike with only a short stretch of elevation with switchbacks. The trail head is located on the north/east side of the Icefield Parkway (93) across from Bow…
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Folding Mountain, Hinton, Alberta
Located just outside the north boundary of Jasper National Park, the hike to the peak is 16.72km round trip. The first 2km are strenuous up through a well treed trail, followed by 14km of more flat to undulating ground going…
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Siffleur Falls, Kootenay Plains Ecological Reserve
Easy and family friendly to the lower falls, moderate to steady in the final third of the hike to the upper falls. This is a very popular trail given it’s family friendly nature and you can expect the parking lot…
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Glacier Lake, Banff National Park
An easy to fair hike, Glacier Lake trail head is on the west-side of highway 93 just north of Saskatchewan Crossing. The trail is about 17km round-trip and it took us 2 hours 17 minutes one way. Time will vary…
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