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Banff to Waterton Lakes Route? - Updated for 2020
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<blockquote data-quote="gone" data-source="post: 218364" data-attributes="member: 5899"><p>If you want a beautiful and relatively quiet mountainous spot with plentiful wildlife (<u>not</u> the party kind) then Waterton is historically the place to go. I always think of it as one of Alberta's best kept secrets. When the world was "normal" so before COVID, tourists would flock to Banff (mostly) then Jasper, and in that order. Banff is known world-wide and really developed with all sorts of businesses that cater to tourists. The trails, lakes and campgrounds around Banff are very well used. Jasper less so but it's still fairly developed. Then for some strange reason, we have Waterton which is relatively non-developed and still holds much of its "small-town" charm and it's surrounded by similar great mountain ranges and hiking, fishing, horse riding, etc. areas as the other two. So if you're looking for a more relaxing commune and better connection to Mother Nature, I think Waterton is the place to go. For example, I'll recommend the Carthew-Alderson Trail just outside of Waterton if you're into a 6 to 8 hour intermediate difficulty scenic hike that will take you by 4 aquamarine-coloured glacier-fed lakes with trout...and it ends at the waterfall in the Waterton townsite where you'll be happy to soak your feet at the end of that hike.</p><p></p><p>I was just in Jasper 2 weeks ago for the August long weekend and with COVID shuttering people within their local areas or restricting travel, it wasn't as busy w/o the usual out-of-country tourists, but there are now more local Albertans who are looking for a get-away and I noticed some BC licence plates as well. So if you go, book ahead for campsites or hotels and don't expect a "ghost town" but I found it a more pleasant experience w/o all the usual crowd. I wasn't in Waterton but suspect it's still far less busy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gone, post: 218364, member: 5899"] If you want a beautiful and relatively quiet mountainous spot with plentiful wildlife ([U]not[/U] the party kind) then Waterton is historically the place to go. I always think of it as one of Alberta's best kept secrets. When the world was "normal" so before COVID, tourists would flock to Banff (mostly) then Jasper, and in that order. Banff is known world-wide and really developed with all sorts of businesses that cater to tourists. The trails, lakes and campgrounds around Banff are very well used. Jasper less so but it's still fairly developed. Then for some strange reason, we have Waterton which is relatively non-developed and still holds much of its "small-town" charm and it's surrounded by similar great mountain ranges and hiking, fishing, horse riding, etc. areas as the other two. So if you're looking for a more relaxing commune and better connection to Mother Nature, I think Waterton is the place to go. For example, I'll recommend the Carthew-Alderson Trail just outside of Waterton if you're into a 6 to 8 hour intermediate difficulty scenic hike that will take you by 4 aquamarine-coloured glacier-fed lakes with trout...and it ends at the waterfall in the Waterton townsite where you'll be happy to soak your feet at the end of that hike. I was just in Jasper 2 weeks ago for the August long weekend and with COVID shuttering people within their local areas or restricting travel, it wasn't as busy w/o the usual out-of-country tourists, but there are now more local Albertans who are looking for a get-away and I noticed some BC licence plates as well. So if you go, book ahead for campsites or hotels and don't expect a "ghost town" but I found it a more pleasant experience w/o all the usual crowd. I wasn't in Waterton but suspect it's still far less busy. [/QUOTE]
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