Beginning December 1st Brewster will launch a new airport shuttle schedule from Calgary Airport to Banff and the Canadian Rockies, now offering 8 daily departures from Calgary to the Canadian Rockies and 9 daily departures from the Rockies to Calgary. All transfers are provided aboard premier motorcoaches equipped with large viewing windows, ample reclining seats, spacious storage and are operated by our renowned and friendly Brewster driver guides.
Click here to find out more about Brewster's Calgary International Airport to Banff shuttle schedule.
Catch a ride up the Banff Gondola on Sunday December 6th for Christmas in the Rockies and a Mountaintop Christmas sing along! Join Heather and Corina, award-winning children's performers and music educators, for a free program of Christmas songs and stories with cookies and hot chocolate. During this fun filled hour your boots will be tapping and your mittens clapping, surely to warm your voice and heart - it's the perfect way to get into the spirit of Christmas. Presented in Partnership with Banff Lake Louise Tourism.
Time: 11am-12pm
Location: Regal View Restaurant, Sulphur Mountain
Tickets: For every adult gondola ticket purchased, one child (ages 6-15) rides for free
Also as part of Christmas in the Rockies join Banff Lake Louise Tourism on Saturday December 5th, for festive fun with Santa from 1pm-4pm in Cascade Plaza, Banff. While there enjoy Christmas crafts, photos with Santa, and a Christmas tree decoration competition, also along the streets enjoy ice displays, Christmas carollers and free wagon rides. Then get ready for the Santa Claus Parade of Lights beginning at 5:30pm down Banff Ave!
Last night Banff received a nice blanket of new snow so get your skis out as the Canadian Rockies are open for business! With only a few runs open Mount Norquay is open weekends till Dec. 4th, Lake Louise opened last week, and Sunshine opens tomorrow with the rest of the Canadian Rockies soon to follow! Check out the snow on the Banff Webcam.
The day has finally come in Banff National Park, winter has arrived! The snow is falling, hockey season is getting under way, Banff ski resorts are opening, and rutting season has begun. Check out the photos below taken recently from our head office windows in Banff, the quality is not great but you can see just how massive these animals really are. Although they look tame, they are not to be taken lightly as they are wild animals. Elks are very aggressive at this time of year as mating season is just around the corner, so please be careful.
Just this past weekend Meghan Brown, our Senior Vacation Planner, had the privilege of being in Victoria to experience the start of the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay. The relay will be the longest in history over 100 days and will span across the country, 45,000 km will be travelled by land, air, water, and some by other means. Over 12,000 people will have the honour of being an Olympic Torchbearer.
"The morning of the relay I headed over to the Parliament building to see the start of the ceremonies, after speeches from BC Premier Gordon Campbell and Olympic Officials, the relay began. The crowd was full of excitement as everyone waved their Olympic flags and wore their Olympic clothing to show support for all of the torch runners and athletes. The weekend was an experience I will never forget!"
The torch will be heading through Banff on January 20th, 2010 - only 74 days! To follow the Olympic Torch Relay across Canada or see when it will be in a community near you, click here for and interactive view and more information on the relay.
Karen recently traveled from Toronto to the snowy Canadian Rockies, "I had my first snowfall...it still has not snowed yet in Toronto". After spending the day in Calgary, they traveled west to Banff and enjoyed a ride up Sulphur Mountain on the Banff Gondola to see the "gorgeous view" from the top. Later that afternoon they went onto Lake Louise "a well known turquoise coloured lake...and the beautiful mountains surrounding it".
The next day they headed up Highway 93 for a daytrip to the Columbia Icefield, with many beautiful stops along the way. When they arrived at the Icefield Centre, "We took a special tour bus which took us onto the Athabasca Glacier. Look how huge the tires are! That's me standing beside the bus which is already on the glacier". They learned lots about the area and surrounding Icefield "according to the bus driver, those small crevices are actually pretty large and some of them can fit up to six of the large buses stacked on top of one another..."
Click here to read more about Karen's trip to Banff and the Canadian Rockies