River below the Aspens, Alberta, Canada

When is the best time of year to visit Banff National Park and the other areas of the Canadian Rocky Mountains? It’s a difficult question to answer... more

by Minnetta Heidbrink

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River below the Aspens, Alberta, Canada

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Minnetta Heidbrink

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When is the best time of year to visit Banff National Park and the other areas of the Canadian Rocky Mountains? It’s a difficult question to answer as there’s many factors that need to be considered. What activities interest you and what overall experience do you want from your trip?

So how do you decide? It should be easy enough to choose between a winter holiday or warmer one. Keep in mind that the mountain winters are long. Other parts of Canada are celebrating the blooming of spring flowers while the Rocky Mountain parks are still buried in snow into April and even May at higher elevations such as Lake Louise.

Do you want to see snow covered mountains or the turquoise coloured lakes? What activities do you enjoy, skiing and other winter sports or backcountry hiking? Are casual walks and easy to moderate trails more your style?

As far as hiking, scenery and warmer weather goes many would say the best time to visit is from late June to mid-September. Respectively this time frame has the largest crowds and highest accommodation and air fare prices.

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September 6th, 2019