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Mountain range in Canada
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The Rockies are a region of Canada that more or less form the border between the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. The roads and railway routes here are amongst the most beautiful in the world. Much of the Rocky Mountains of Canada lie within various national and provincial parks. The Canadian Rockies continue southward, as the American Rockies.
By car
Banff is about a 2-hour drive from Calgary. Jasper is about 3 hours from Edmonton. Either one is about a 10- to 12-hour drive from Vancouver.
By train
By bus
Several intercity bus operators have routes that cross the Rocky Mountains, while traveling between Alberta and British Columbia, including the following:
There are a number of extremely scenic highways through the Rocky Mountains.
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Banff National Park is in the Alberta Rockies region of Alberta. Together with six other national parks it makes up the UNESCO World Heritage site "Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks".
David Thompson Country is a network of wilderness parks in the Alberta Rockies region on the eastern slopes and foothills of the Canadian Rockies. This is a large region but its eastern boundary is about an hour and a half drive west of Red Deer, along the David Thompson Highway (Highway 11).
Jasper National Park is in the Alberta Rockies region of Alberta, Canada. It has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Kananaskis Country is a network of wilderness parks in the Alberta Rockies region on the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies. This is a large region but its northern boundary is only about half an hour's drive west of Alberta's largest city, Calgary, along the Trans-Canada Highway (#1).
Kootenay National Park is in the East Kootenays region of British Columbia, Canada. It is one component of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site.
Mount Robson Provincial Park is in Robson Valley and is part of the Canadian Rockies. Its focus is the 3,954 m (12,972 ft) peak that tells its name.
Waterton Lakes National Park is the Canadian portion of Waterton Glacier International Peace Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site and Biosphere Reserve which extends into the US as Glacier National Park. The park is in the southwestern corner of Alberta, and protects the southernmost portion of the Canadian Rockies.
Yoho National Park is British Columbia's sister to Alberta's Banff National Park, a world heritage site, on the western side of the continental divide that separates the two provinces. It is about 2½ hours' drive west of Calgary, Alberta.
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