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Anyone got any itinerary/accomodation/campground suggestions? Late June; camping/b&b mix, start and finish in Vancouver and want to see Banff, Jasper naturally. Thanks.
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A nice place to sight see & possibly stay is around Valemount BC & Mount Robson (largest peak in the Canadian Rockies). Robson Shadows Campground is a nice base to see the Mtn. You can rent cabins if you prefer that to a tent, also good to go whitewater rafting or even on a gentle float tour from here. Helicopter tours & heli-hiking are also available if that is in your budget. Awesome views! It can be a little cheaper staying in the Valemount area & is about 1 to 1 1/2 hrs drive to Jasper from there depending on how fast you like to drive ;-) . A pretty campground pretty much right in Valemount is called Swift Creek campground. There are also many hotel/motels & B & Bs available in that area too. Rear Guard Falls is a pretty walk. Between Jasper & Banff some nice little rest stop areas to check out are Honeymoon Lake, the water seems to be a little warmer than all the other glacier fed lakes & is even nice to swim in. You can camp here too. Bubbling Springs is a good place to stretch your legs & take a bathroom break. It is right beside the roadway - the water bubbles up from the ground & the sand is kind of pink - just a small spring. Horseshoe Lake is worth the little walk to find it. Very pretty & the water is so clear that from up on the rocky cliffside you can see the fish. The Columbia Ice Fields are worth a look & you can tour in an ice buggy if you want - there are some pretty campsites close by too. Num-Ti-Jah Lodge on Bow Lake is beautiful. I often stop there but have yet to spend a night. You can hike up on the glacier but may need to go with a group.
A nice place to sight see & possibly stay is around Valemount BC & Mount Robson (largest peak in the Canadian Rockies). Robson Shadows Campground is a nice base to see the Mtn. You can rent cabins if you prefer that to a tent, also good to go whitewater rafting or even on a gentle float tour from here. Helicopter tours & heli-hiking are also available if that is in your budget. Awesome views! It can be a little cheaper staying in the Valemount area & is about 1 to 1 1/2 hrs drive to Jasper from there depending on how fast you like to drive ;-) . A pretty campground pretty much right in Valemount is called Swift Creek campground. There are also many hotel/motels & B & Bs available in that area too. Rear Guard Falls is a pretty walk. Between Jasper & Banff some nice little rest stop areas to check out are Honeymoon Lake, the water seems to be a little warmer than all the other glacier fed lakes & is even nice to swim in. You can camp here too. Bubbling Springs is a good place to stretch your legs & take a bathroom break. It is right beside the roadway - the water bubbles up from the ground & the sand is kind of pink - just a small spring. Horseshoe Lake is worth the little walk to find it. Very pretty & the water is so clear that from up on the rocky cliffside you can see the fish. The Columbia Ice Fields are worth a look & you can tour in an ice buggy if you want - there are some pretty campsites close by too. Num-Ti-Jah Lodge on Bow Lake is beautiful. I often stop there but have yet to spend a night. You can hike up on the glacier but may need to go with a group.
If you were free to go camping and hiking anywhere in the U.S. right now, where would you go?
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I move out in 9 days to hit the road and see the Oregon and Washington Coasts (especially backpacking to Point of Arches in Olympic National Park), Rainier National Park, Glacier National Park, Banff and Jasper, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, Bryce and Zion National Parks, the Grand Canyon (I'd like to backpack to Havasu Falls), and I'd like to backpack abuot 19-20 miles in to Precipice Lake in Sequoia National Park (site of Ansel Adams' "Frozen Lake and Cliffs"). I'll probably swing through Crater Lake, Yosemite, Great Sand Dunes, and Rocky Mountain National Parks along the way, as well as quite a few National Monuments such as Colorado and Escalante-Grand Staircase. I'd like to catch Fall Colors from Wyoming to Colorado, and continue on to White Sands, then come back via Mesa Verde, Canyon de Chelley, Monument Valley, Antelope Canyon, The Wave, Death Valley, etc.
I have a new Canon 40D on the way and I'll be taking tens of thousands of photographs. I'd like to produce photo essay style articles on the impacts of climate change on the various ecosystems that I visit.
I've been buying a lot of Lonely Planet Bluelist and "1001 pallces you must visit before you die" type books lately, and I considered international trips to Peru/Bolivia/Chile/Argentina and China/Tibet/Cambodia/Laos/Burma, perhaps with India Tibet, Mongolia, New Guinea, Turkey or Namibia thrown in, but going on a domestic "off the grid" trip instead will have less impact, does not directly fund growth in developing nations (although my tent was manufactured in China), and I can document impacts "closer to home" for Americans.
Drop me a line and I can send you sample detailed itineraries, and links to some sample photos of what I'll be seeing. For example, Mark Rasmussen's Lightchase Photography offers a number of excellent tours. Although they often require booking a year or more in advance, the photos alone make his site worth visiting.
I keep a list of places I want to go in MS-Word and Iately I've been researching the best seasons to go (generally when its not too rainy), using historical weather averages on Weather.com. I need to start redeeming frequent flier miles before the redemption levels are increased dramatically due to rising fuel costs (then I should switch to an REI credit card so I'm less tempted to fly).
I move out in 9 days to hit the road and see the Oregon and Washington Coasts (especially backpacking to Point of Arches in Olympic National Park), Rainier National Park, Glacier National Park, Banff and Jasper, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, Bryce and Zion National Parks, the Grand Canyon (I'd like to backpack to Havasu Falls), and I'd like to backpack abuot 19-20 miles in to Precipice Lake in Sequoia National Park (site of Ansel Adams' "Frozen Lake and Cliffs"). I'll probably swing through Crater Lake, Yosemite, Great Sand Dunes, and Rocky Mountain National Parks along the way, as well as quite a few National Monuments such as Colorado and Escalante-Grand Staircase. I'd like to catch Fall Colors from Wyoming to Colorado, and continue on to White Sands, then come back via Mesa Verde, Canyon de Chelley, Monument Valley, Antelope Canyon, The Wave, Death Valley, etc.
I have a new Canon 40D on the way and I'll be taking tens of thousands of photographs. I'd like to produce photo essay style articles on the impacts of climate change on the various ecosystems that I visit.
I've been buying a lot of Lonely Planet Bluelist and "1001 pallces you must visit before you die" type books lately, and I considered international trips to Peru/Bolivia/Chile/Argentina and China/Tibet/Cambodia/Laos/Burma, perhaps with India Tibet, Mongolia, New Guinea, Turkey or Namibia thrown in, but going on a domestic "off the grid" trip instead will have less impact, does not directly fund growth in developing nations (although my tent was manufactured in China), and I can document impacts "closer to home" for Americans.
Drop me a line and I can send you sample detailed itineraries, and links to some sample photos of what I'll be seeing. For example, Mark Rasmussen's Lightchase Photography offers a number of excellent tours. Although they often require booking a year or more in advance, the photos alone make his site worth visiting.
I keep a list of places I want to go in MS-Word and Iately I've been researching the best seasons to go (generally when its not too rainy), using historical weather averages on Weather.com. I need to start redeeming frequent flier miles before the redemption levels are increased dramatically due to rising fuel costs (then I should switch to an REI credit card so I'm less tempted to fly).
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