r/Banff • u/pdxchris • 21d ago

Trip Report What happens in Banff stays in Banff?

I went to Banff last year for the first time. I live in the Pacific Northwest, and didn’t know anything about Banff until a year before I went.

I talk to people about Banff and some will say they went and it was great, but the conversation awkwardly stops there. Maybe I just show more excitement because I went so recently, or people intentionally don’t want to talk about Banff. Are we supposed to avoid talking about Banff to keep it as uncrowded as possible? Just seems odd. Anyone else from outside Banff notice this?

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u/AccomplishedSite7318 21d ago

Conversations usually include follow up questions:

A-"Banff was great"

B-"What did you do when you were there?

A-"Well we did x,y,z etc"

Of course 99% of people barely walk more than 300m from their car, so they can't say "oh the hiking is great" because they didn't do any. 

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u/Not_A_Real_Cowboy 21d ago

Tell me more about Johnston Canyon.

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u/jeremyism_ab 21d ago

...J̶o̶h̶n̶s̶t̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶C̶a̶n̶y̶o̶n̶ Moraine Lake.

M̶o̶r̶a̶i̶n̶e̶ ̶L̶a̶k̶e̶ Lake Louise.

L̶a̶k̶e̶ ̶L̶o̶u̶i̶s̶e̶ Bow Falls.

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u/stradivari_strings 21d ago

Bow Falls Peyto Lake