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Day
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Location
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Major Activities
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Suggested Point of Interest
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Day 1
Fri.
9/10/04
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Banff
1A Otter Lane (Tatanga Ridge)
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- Depart LGA 8am (AA Flight 309V, arrive Chicago 9:31am. Depart Chicago 10:26am FLT 829V, arrive YYC 1:02pm local time.
- Arrive Calgary Int’l Airport
- Pick up rental cars
- Food shopping in Calgary
- Drive 128 km (2 hrs) to Banff
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Car Rental Pick Up Address:
2169 41st Ave., NE, Calgary
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Day 2
Sat.
9/11/04
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Banff
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- Route 1 - Hiking in Banff National Park area. Quartz Ridge and Citadel Pass (11.6 miles roundtrip)
- Route 2 - Hiking in Lake Louise area. Plain of Six Glaciers. (8.7 miles round trip)
- Dinner dinning out in Banff
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Sunshine Meadows (avg. elev. 2220m)
Other hikes: North of park, Parker Ridge (Saskatchewan Glacier)
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Day 3
Sun.
9/12/04
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Banff
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- Route 1 - Hiking in Lake Louise area (Banff – Lake Louise 58km). Fairview, 6.3 miles roundtrip. A strenuous yet spectacular climb up the scare slopes of Mt. Fairview for some of the best view in the Rockies.
- Route 2 - Lake Agnes and the Beehives, Lake Louise, 7.5 miles Loop
Climb to superb views of the mountains and glaciers flanking sublime Lake Louise.
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Lake Louise to Plain Six Glaciers (3.4mi) trip with elevation gain of 6890 ft.
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Day 4
Mon.
9/13/04
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Banff
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Open
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Day 5
Tue.
9/14/04
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Jasper
Click Here to See the House
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- Drive from Banff to Columbia Icefield near Jasper National Park (190km)
- Hike in Columbia Icefield area. Route 1 - Parker Ridge, Columbia Icefield, 3.7 miles Out and back. A short, must-do trail as you travel the Icefields Parkway, a spectacular mountain highway between Lake Louise and Jasper.
Drive to Jasper townsite.
Staying: Patricia Lake Bungalows
Pyramid Lake Road / 4.8 km NW of Jasper
Tel: (888) 499 6848 / (780) 852 3560
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Day 6
Wed.
9/15/04
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Jasper
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- Hiking in Jasper National Park area. The Whistler’s Trail (7.9km/4.47m each way), elevation change 1200m. Optional: take Jasper Tramway up and hike down.
- Dinner dinning out in the town of Jasper
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Day 7
Thurs.
9/16/04
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Jasper
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- Hiking in Mallgne Lake area
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Need more trail info in Jasper area.
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Day 8
Fri.
9/17/04
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Jasper
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Open
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Day 9
Sat.
9/18/04
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Calgory
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Calgary Tower
Glenbow Museum
Stepher Avenue Mall
Devonian Garden
Calgory Fort
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Day 10
Sun.
9/19/04
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NYC
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- 7:45am AA FLT 1198V to Chicago, arrive 12:08pm.
Chicago to LGA AA FLT 370V 1pm-4:01pm.
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