This was my experience as well. Stayed at the fairmont in December 2018 and it was pretty empty. Only thing that sucked was the road to Moraine was closed so you had to snowshoe if you wanted to see it.

You can almost see the unicorns.

Oh man, I miss Banff. Were there on a student trip back in 2015. If Jill and Micha is watching, hi guys

Nah. "Walchensee" is a German word, so when you use it you are indeed communicating in German (even though you appear to not realize it). Adding "lake" is just translating part of the word. But if you're gonna translate part of it, then you need to take the translated part off of the German word. So sure, add "lake," then it would be "Walchen Lake" or "Lake Walchen" (much like how the wikipedia article for that body of water does it). Otherwise you say Lake Lake Walchen, which makes no sense. Either translate or don't... but ya gotta pick one, not go halfway.

As an illustrative analogy... if you were talking about Lake Geneva and decided to use the French name, would you say "Lake lac Léman" because English speakers might not know that "lac" means "lake"? I don't think you would.

It depends on time of year. I went in February at sunrise and ice skated on Louise with just a couple other people. After we finished more people started arriving.

I went to Lake Louise when I was 13 for a ski trip (from the UK). I have no photos and very fragmented memories, which makes me a bit bitter when I see stunning pictures like this (even though I know I'm lucky to have visited at all).

Nobody local goes there in peak summer bc crowds. Or at least nobody I know.

I think they actually started a quota like arches? Or maybe it's just for angels landing? I forget. Haven't been there in several years bc there are the aforementioned better places

Zion is stunning! I had the privilege of going through in the early, early season the first time. Next to no other traffic on the roads. Easy to park. Awesome!

It was not the same when we went there this past June. LOL

Awesome shot

Yup. Lake Louise, too. I got up extra early when I was camping at Kananaskis. Left my campsite at about 3:30am. Got there around 5ish. Moraine lots were already full, and I managed to snag one of the last parking spots at Lake Louise. The front dock was beyond crowded already. At 5am.

Just insane. I'm glad that people love the natural beauty of our country, for sure! And it has pushed me to lesser known areas, which was enjoyable. But it'd be nice to go to Moraine Lake without a zillion other people running around with selfie sticks!

I find these convos so funny. So, Zion gets posted here often (usually the lazy pic on the bridge) and people always talk about the crowd. I want to chip in on a better place but loose lips sink ships

It's the tour busses that are such a nightmare

Oh, I know. I'd far rather go to Yoho, even though it's less convenient. Much prettier, and far less crowds.

Love it! It's my new background now.

It costs money to get in. Don't bother

Took me a second...i was thinking two seperate images were here.

For a sec I thought this was the mountain used in a particular production company’s logo.

I'm guessing you didn't make it out this summer, lol.

Banff post-covid is fucking insane. Like you can't walk down the main drag

I mean, if you’re driving out on Canada Day long weekend, sure. But I’ll drive out a couple of times a week during the summer and it’s usually not a big deal.

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It's actually the worst, despite being so beautiful.

Well one way is to leave at 4am…

Nice picture

If you can get from Calgary to Banff during its busy season in much less time than it takes to get from Edmonton to Jasper I'd love to know how. The 1 is a fucking parking lot into Banff.

Jasper is definitely beautiful too though