A Scenic Walk Through Downtown Banff

[@pat13487]

Pretty place

[@WalkRainorShine]

Really is beautiful ❤️

[@Komainu959]

We just missed each other, I was there from May 09 to 22. It was quite warm this year and most of the snow melted off the mountains by mid trip.

[@WalkRainorShine]

Hope you had a great trip... Its such a beautiful place ❤️

[@jordanlust-d7y]

Behold, one of the most overpriced destinations in Canada. Get ready to wait in line, be surrounded by huge crowds, pay a ridiculous price of anything and everything for average food, drink, and entertainment. Banff.

[@Komainu959]

If you're thinking of visiting the commentator is correct to a point. It's gonna be crowded and expensive but here are some tips to easily avoid or minimize that: For me it would be too much trouble to bring all my camping gear, otherwise that's a great option. So instead I rented a room that had a kitchen so I could cook and make most of my own meals. That saved me a ton of money because as pointed out it can be very expensive. Waiting in line and huge crowds- This is also true. Some things such as Banff Gondola are expensive and crowded to the point that it's difficult to avoid. What I did was make sure those things that are going to be crowded I scheduled to do on WEEKDAYS and as soon as they open. It made the crowds MUCH smaller and pretty easy to deal with honestly. The above also rings true for hikes. Even on the weekend when I hiked Johnston Canyon...which is one of the most popular hikes around I got there at dawn and had the place to myself. Nobody else was there and we camped out at lower falls for 30+ minutes without anyone else coming around. In contrast when we got to upper falls and hiked back out there was already a line waiting for lower falls. Less popular hikes can be left for more popular times. Or in some cases you just have to hike a bit more. Lake Louise is incredibly popular and insanely crowded, but if you hike TEN minutes around it you'll be almost alone. TEN minutes folks, unless you're disabled just go walk a little. Like seriously- go look up a YT video of Lake Louise where they walk around it and notice how much the crowd thins out just a few minutes out. You can also do certain things closer to the end of day, crowds really thin out as people will be heading back to Banff or wanting to go eat dinner. Moraine Lake was still crowded but like a third as full because we went at around 1700 vs 1200.