Wow Canadian nature really is something else isn't it. Amazing shot

I went to Banff for the first time in my 34 years in this country. I had never seen real mountains before this past summer.

We drove up from Edmonton so we arrived very late at night and didn’t really see anything on the drive up. When I stepped out the door in the morning I straight up got goosebumps and was overwhelmed emotionally.

I have never seen something so beautiful with my own eyes before.

This is the kind of scenery I live for.

It's almost unbelievable that you took the picture. May I ask what type of camera you used?

Also Banff is very close to Calgary.

Mt Edith and Mt Louis look very similar, but it’s very difficult to see Mt Louis without getting up high or hiking into the backcountry. I think this photo is just taken by Vermillion Lakes near the town of Banff

Lol I did this on 70 a couple times when I lived in Denver. As long as the weather is fine a 4 departure on a winter Saturday gets you to the mountain parking lot at like 530-6. Grab a coffee and chill in the heat til first chair

Those were the exact words in my mind when I saw it.

Dude, come back for a week. Few brits working the lifts on the hill and restaurants in town. You wont regret it.

Kananaskis isn't good. Don't go there, maybe try Quebec or Ontario!!

Yes everyone go to Zion, it's beautiful 😍. Banff is trash don't come here.

I like how cold the water looks

Always wanted to take a vacation to Banff

😯

I think if you're a skiing person, most enthusiasts will choose the Swiss Alps over the Canadian Rockies. Temperatures are a big factor and the Canadian treeline goes much, much higher, so the skiing slopes aren't quite what you get in the Alps.

We can't argue over what looks beautiful to your eye versus mine, but if we're comparing sheer scale, then the crown has to go to the Canadian Rockies. That feeling of vast wilderness, loneliness and serenity in huge, stunning landscape is unreal there. I was camping at a spot that was 600km from any major city in any direction. Imagine that. It's a surreal feeling. And you don't get that night sky either.

If you're looking for more of a touristy experience, then the Alps will give you that. But the town of Banff (my least favourite part of the Rockies) will be comparable.

Ah, cool, ty! I thought maybe there was something that I was missing that only people who live in ice and snow would get lol

I go to barrier lake. It gets busy on long weekends and stuff but I've been a bunch of times when it was pretty dead.

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Why is my imagination seeing a ring of stars encircling the mountaintop…? 💫Oh wait…

Haha def does

That's exactly what it is. For those of us that didn't see it right away? I'm not sure - probably something to do with the well defined horizon and saying there's a reflection maybe? Like I said, I don't know why exactly I didn't see it right away (and even less so for others), but that's my guess.

The American SW has some of the best most descriptive freaking place names ever.

This is one photo.

Giving me Horizon vibes

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