1 Our tour ends with two nights at the Fairmont Banff Springs
2 Our tour ends with two nights at the Fairmont Banff Springs
3 Thursday we walked to the Banff Park Museum and quickly surveyed all the taxidermied critters on display.
4 Thursday we walked to the Banff Park Museum and quickly surveyed all the taxidermied critters on display.
5 Thursday we walked to the Banff Park Museum and quickly surveyed all the taxidermied critters on display.
6 Thursday we walked to the Banff Park Museum and quickly surveyed all the taxidermied critters on display.
7 Muskox at the Qiviuk boutique which specializes in clothing woven from the animal's undercoat which is softer and finer than cashmere
8 Intrigued by buffalo and caribou on the menu, sadly grizzly bear was missing
9 After a failed attempt to take the public bus from town to the gondola, we resorted to calling a taxi. The cars are more personal-sized than the Jasper sky tram…
10 Which means there's only 10-15 seconds to climb into the car, after which they close the door, push you off, and you're on your way.
11 The 8 minute ride up to Sulphur Mountain
12 The 8 minute ride up to Sulphur Mountain
13 The 8 minute ride up to Sulphur Mountain
14 View from the observation deck of the upper gondola station, the Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station historic site is on the left, Banff town and Cascade…
15 One of the better meals we had during our trip was at the bistro in the upper gondola station
16 To the southwest is the Sundance Range and Sundance Valley
17 On the path to the cosmic ray station looking southeast back at the gondola
18 The decomissioned cosmic ray station is now a historical site
19 With Banff town behind us, Cascade Mountain is to my left and the more distant peak to the right of Max is Mount Aylmer which is actually 550 ft higher.
20 Lots of architecturally intersting homes along the Bow River
