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Advice about Banff, Lake Louise and Canmore
Started by User in Canada, 15 Replies
As a special treat to ourselves we are not skiing in France this year but have flights booked to Calgary for Xmas. We are a family of 5 (2 adults, 3 kids aged 11, 13 and 14) and are strugging to decide where to stay. I guess we are all intermediates but some are more confident than others. I don't know whether to stay a week in Banff (or Canmore) and then a week in Lake Louise or stay put all in one place and just spend a bit more time on the bus (or hire car). I also fancy a visit to Kicking Horse for a day as well. SO my questions are:

stay in one place or two
Canmore looks like you get a bit more for your accomodation money (any problems with Canmore - Falcon Crest looks nice)?
if we hired a car where would we out the skis (do hire companies also include ski boxes or roof racks?)

So far have quotes from Big3 for Fox (might be out of our price range), Banff International, Lake Louise Inn, Douglas Fir and Hidden Ridge. So quite a price range but now my brain hurts and can't decide.

Any advice gratefully received.

Mark