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Banff National Park Vacation Packages:

by Austin-Lehman Adventures


With every stomp of your crampon-clad boot, you make your way up the face of Athabasca Glacier – Banff National Park's giant slab of stunning white ice, thousands of years old and thicker than a skyscraper is tall. Crisp, thin air fills your lungs. Peter Lemieux, the Canadian Rocky's leading expert in glacier hiking, guides the way. You pause for a photo-op and click! there you are: on top of the world in Alberta…just you, Athabasca, a big blue sky and, of course, your trusty ice axe.
Scenic views on our Banff National Park vacation packages


You'll see everything the Canadian Rockies have to offer on our Banff National Park vacation packages. You'll hiked the wildflower amphitheater of Ptarmigan Cirque where you and your fellow Austin-Lehman adventurers were the only living souls in sight (save for the occasional flock of big horn sheep). You've trekked over Sentinel Pass, tackled the class III and IV whitewater rapids of Kicking Horse River and browsed the internationally acclaimed shops and galleries of Banff. The hardest part of this vacation, no doubt, will be going home.

Relax your mind, energize your body ignite the adventurer within with Austin-Lehman Adventures as we explore the towering peaks, glistening glaciers, alpine meadows, boreal forests and countless species of wildlife of Banff National Park.

Did You Know…

  • In the fall of 1883, three Canadian Pacific Railway construction workers stumbled across a cave

    Kids on our Banff National Park vacation packages

    containing hot springs on the eastern slopes of Alberta's Rocky Mountains. Their discovery marked the humble beginning of Banff National P ark, Canada's first national park and the world's third.
  • Banff took its name from the original Canadian Pacific Railway station, which is believed to be named after the county town of Banffshire, Scotland. The Canadian Pacific Railway, interested in attracting tourists, built the majestic Banff Springs Hote l and Chateau Lake Louise.
  • Banff National Park is home to 6,641 square kilometers (2,564 square miles) of valleys, mountains, glaciers, forests, meadows and rivers. Together with neighbor parks (Jasper, Yoho, Kootenay) it forms a huge protected area of the Canadian Rockies, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • The Canadian Rockies have been very heavily glaciated, resulting in sharply pointed mountains separated by wide, U-shaped valleys gouged by glaciers (in contrast to the American Rockies, which are more rounded with river-carved V-shaped valleys).
  • Alberta's inspiring mountain scenery was the backdrop of the Oscar-winning film, Brokeback Mountain.

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