Alberta Travel Archives - Calgary Guardian https://calgaryguardian.com/category/travel/alberta-travel/ Arts, Culture and Lifestyle from Calgary Sat, 19 Jul 2025 18:56:58 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://calgaryguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cropped-CalgaryGuardian_Logo_FaviconApp-32x32.jpg Alberta Travel Archives - Calgary Guardian https://calgaryguardian.com/category/travel/alberta-travel/ 32 32 Where The Wildflowers Bloom https://calgaryguardian.com/where-the-wildflowers-bloom/ Fri, 18 Jul 2025 17:57:05 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=26076 High above the treeline, where the air is crisp and the peaks stretch toward the sky, a splendid summer spectacle unfolds—wildflowers in full, breathtaking bloom. At Sunshine Village in Banff National Park, the slopes trade [...]

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]]> Adventure in the Rocky Mountains https://calgaryguardian.com/adventure-in-the-rocky-mountains/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:46:02 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=22589 Have three days to spend in the Rocky Mountains and fancy a mini-adventure this summer? Bookmark this page for the next road trippin’ season and let’s get rolling! Icefields Parkway Starting either in Banff or [...]

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]]> What to do in the Rockies This Winter https://calgaryguardian.com/what-to-do-in-the-rockies-this-winter/ Thu, 07 Dec 2023 22:10:30 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=20410 The most wonderful time of the year is firmly here and the Rockies (Rocky Mountains) are the perfect backdrop for your main character Hallmark holiday movie energy. Pop on that snow suit and grab that [...]

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]]> Things to do in Banff, Alberta https://calgaryguardian.com/things-to-do-in-banff-alberta/ Fri, 20 Jan 2023 15:00:55 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=17906 Of all the seasons to visit the Rocky Mountains, winter is my favourite. Beloved year-round as an outdoor playground, there is magic in those snow capped peaks, and there are few places on earth better [...]

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]]> Camping in Alberta: Where we get snow in August https://calgaryguardian.com/camping-in-alberta-where-we-get-snow-in-august/ Wed, 18 May 2022 00:23:55 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=15370 While, according to the weather forecaster types, the average temperature in Calgary for May ranges between 7 Celsius and 19 Celsius, anyone who has lived here for more than five minutes knows that can change [...]

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]]> Wild Jobs Part Twelve: Horse Rancher https://calgaryguardian.com/wild-jobs-part-twelve-horse-rancher/ Mon, 11 Mar 2019 08:30:58 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=4034 “We have almost forgotten how strange a thing it is that so huge and powerful and intelligent an animal as a horse should allow another, and far more feeble animal, to ride upon its back.” ~ [...]

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]]> The Highest Point Between the Rockies and Labrador https://calgaryguardian.com/highest-point-cypress-hills/ Wed, 06 Mar 2019 08:30:22 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=4026 The Cypress Hills rise 600 metres above the surrounding prairies making it the highest point between the Canadian Rockies and the Labrador Peninsula on the east coast. The unique mix of climate, geography, and ecosystems create [...]

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]]> Lethbridge Lineage: Southern Alberta’s Historic Fort Whoop-Up https://calgaryguardian.com/fort-whoop-up/ Thu, 14 Feb 2019 03:30:34 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=3440 Before there was an Alberta, before there were Mounties, there was a Whoop-Up! In 1869 two Montana fur traders, John J. Healy and Alfred B. Hamilton, traveled north to British/Canadian territory (formerly Rupert’s Land owned [...]

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]]> Discovering The Devil’s Coulee https://calgaryguardian.com/discovering-the-devils-coulee/ Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:41:53 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=3459 Warner is a sleepy little town about 280km southeast of Calgary. It is the home of the Devil’s Coulee Dinosaur & Heritage Museum, which showcases Canada’s first, and largest, dinosaur nesting site. The coulee, an important paleontological [...]

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]]> Red Deer’s Roots: Alberta’s Historical Site Fort Normandeau https://calgaryguardian.com/fort-normandeau-story-red-deer-roots/ Thu, 10 Jan 2019 21:37:34 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=3379 “The detachment of the 65th Rifles took Robert McClellan’s ‘hotel’, built in 1884, and fortified it. They cut loopholes in the walls, built a palisade of 10-foot logs set in a 2-foot trench, erected a [...]

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