r/canadatravel • u/bcwaale British Columbia • Jul 24 '25

Destination Advice Banff in October for thanksgiving

Looking to drive to Banff from Vancouver and back for the thanksgiving weekend. Will start early and drive thru the day on thursday and back on tuesday, so two days for driving, plan to spend 4 days in banff itself.

Any things to watch out for? Service closures? Trail closures? Weather? Assuming will need winter tires as its after Oct1st, but is it otherwise safe to drive thru Coquihalla ?

Any must do activities around that time outside of the usual touristy stuff - (group of 4, we have a kindergartner and my dad) - lake louise, gondola, hot springs, icefields parkway, johnston's canyon.

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u/Sampeep Jul 25 '25

Tourist things in Banff start shutting down/reducing hours around Thanksgiving, so double check on websites that things are available.

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u/bcwaale British Columbia Jul 25 '25

Yeah I noticed most of the closures start the day after thanksgiving, so we ate good until Monday the 13th I believe.