Best Fall Hikes Near Banff for Photography and Larch Trees

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Autumn/Fall is short in the Canadian Rockies but offers fantastic hiking and photography.
Larch Valley, Wedge Pond, Lake O'Hara, Floe Lake and more!
Shuttle Option to hike larch valley or see Moraine Lake: bit.ly/3WoPGUd
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Intro 00:00
Lake O'Hara 00:46
Mount Smutwood 01:30
Floe Lake 02:30
Mount Assiniboine 03:35
Egypt Lake and Healy Pass 05:39
Pocaterra Ride 05:58
Larch Valley 06:21
Wedge Pond 08:03
Outro 09:44

[@brum23]

You make the best travel/photography videos of the Canadian Rockies. My wife and I just got back from there and we downloaded all your videos before going.

[@simoncennals]

Thank you, hope you had a great trip and they came in useful!

[@TimKoa]

Oh man. I've lived in Calgary all my life and have only been to Larch Valley. I definitely need to check out the rest on this list. So many beautiful locations so close to home! Thanks for the video :)

[@simoncennals]

No worries man, get out there. There's lots to see!

[@ashvarma2486]

Great video. Very informative. Many thanks for sharing

[@simoncennals]

Thanks for watching!

[@PhotoTrekr]

Absolutely incredibly beautiful. I loved it there last September. This year I plan to be in Vancouver and Vancouver Island in September to see what I can see.

[@simoncennals]

Be great to check out somewhere new!

[@PhotoTrekr]

@@simoncennals Hoping to see whales!

[@danhvu5338]

Just followed you.

[@nataliasell99]

Thank you for this info! We will be going to Banff in a couple weeks with kids. Is Larch Valley too difficult of a hike? Thanks!

[@simoncennals]

Larch valley is a pretty straightforward hike. Wide trail, 5km with some gain. Getting a shuttle to Moraine Lake is the hard part!

[@danbajac7144]

It's like this video was made for me! Heading to banff in September and I couldn't be more excited! I've heard there have been some fires recently up there. Have they affected the scenery much? Thanks for all your videos Simon!

[@simoncennals]

We've been pretty lucky with Amy wildfire smoke and it hasn't effected the Rockies too much. As far as I know there are still fires burning further north and it's bad on the East coast. September isn't normally too bad for it though so you should be good. September is the best time to visit for photography!

[@bandcamp-io8qo]

Wowww! amazing! Is this all in Kananaskis area? We’re visiting Banff 3rd week of September. Perfect timing. Love your videos ❤

[@simoncennals]

Banff and Kananaskis mainly.

[@sallymally6892]

Very nice … how long does it take to hike up from Morraine lake …

[@simoncennals]

It's not far, 5km each way. Maybe an hour and a half

[@jbstoudenmire191]

We are coming up to the area on September 26th until October 7th. Trip will span Calgary to Jasper. We were planning to go to Jasper first and work our way back, but do you think we’ll miss peak color if we are back to Banff area by October 1st?

[@simoncennals]

It is getting towards the end of the season but it's very hard to know. It really depends on how warm the summer is! You'll catch some lovely fall colour in Jasper I'm sure and probably the tail end of it in Banff too. Either way you will have an incredible time!

[@criostoirocuinn]

06:52 devestated over the intrusion on the other side! every photographers annoyance!

[@simoncennals]

That's what photoshops new remove tool is for!