{"id":67,"date":"2004-07-29T23:56:38","date_gmt":"2004-07-29T11:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/getasportsite.com\/ryanhellyer\/2004\/07\/29\/banff-national-park\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T15:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T14:13:11","slug":"banff-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2004\/banff-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Banff National park"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve visited Banff township in Banff National park in the rocky mountains a few times now. It’s only an hour and a bit away from Calgary. It’s similar to Queenstown but without the lake. There’s lots of hiking (tramping) and site seeing to be down there.<\/p>\n

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The above photo is of Tunnel Mountain. It’s not much of a mountain, more like a steep hill. I walked to the top while there.<\/p>\n

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Cascade mountain (above) is out the other side of Banff township.<\/p>\n

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\"Bear<\/a><\/p>\n

Oh yeah, they have Bears in Banff! Even the rubbishi bins (see above) have to be made bear proof!<\/p>\n

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Elk in the area are allowed to wander free around the town. They’re huge beasts which look quite scary but are apparently quite harmless.<\/p>\n\n\t\t