Banff & Lake Louise Map
$21.00
This map feels personal to share as Banff is my home and the place I first discovered an eternal love for the mountains. I’ve spent countless years exploring, researching, and cherishing this special place in the Canadian Rockies and I’m so excited to finally share everything I know with you ♡
This map has 600+ pins saved with photos, descriptions, and links from the East Park Gates to Lake Louise – all organized by category to help you explore like a local.
This map was designed to be a digital tour guide when you’re out exploring Banff. This map is intended to be used in the free Google Maps app (downloadable directly to your phone) or via desktop for the best user experience. It gives you instant access to hiking trails, camping spots, backcountry experiences, things-to-do, cabins, restaurants, and so much more – no pre-travel research from your end required.
This map is a one-time purchase, however it’s downloadable and it will receive automatic updates for life. The map along with a digital guide will be sent to you via email after your purchase. If it does not appear in your inbox, please check your junk folder.
For a detailed description of what’s included in the map, please read below.
Description
The 600+ pinned spots are categorized by the following and include:
- Hiking Trails: 100+ named & unnamed trails in the park. Each pin comes loaded with hiking statistics, a trail description + localized tips, booking links for multi-day trips, and an Alltrails link/full guide from my blog. Each pin has been colour-coded to display the type of trail.
- Trailheads: each trailhead has a list of hikes available from it plus information regarding the parking situation. If there’s a bus route to the trailhead, it’s noted with pricing, payment, and pickup/drop-off info.
- Campgrounds: every front country + backcountry campground in the park is marked. Each pin is equipped with a booking link + booking tips, list of amenities, hikes available from it, and information regarding the trail system it’s linked to (for backcountry).
- Lodging: every hotel, hostel, and cabin in the park is marked. Each pin has photos, a description with a list of amenities, rating, and booking link.
- Restaurants: every restaurant in the park is marked with a description, google rating, and booking link for those that require reservations.
- Activities: popular places in the park, boat rentals, climbing tours, biking routes, equipment rental shops, horseback riding, skiing opportunities, museums, gondolas & sightseeing tours, spas, picnics areas, and more.
- Photo-ops: Banff’s red chairs among many other photo spots. Each pin is marked with directions for how to get to there, notes about when to catch good lighting & good times of year, etc.
- Public Washrooms: every public washroom and drop toilet around the park, in town, at trailheads, and in public day-use areas are marked.
- Planning Resources: parking and public transit stops, gas stations, car rentals, health & emergency services, cash points, etc.
- Shopping: grocery stores, iconic local shops, shopping centres, SIM cards & electronics, plus gear-related shops.
**To minimize the amount of pre-travel research you need to do, I’ve loaded each pin with photos, a brief description, travel tips, and external guides (when applicable) from my blog to give you the best travel experience possible.
With your purchase you will also be sent a digital guide outlining:
- Mobile download instructions
- Tips for using + getting the most out of the map
- Icon legend
- Links to helpful guides & online resources
- Offline map instructions for when you’re not connected
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Fi (verified owner) –
WOW!! What a great resource. I live in Calgary and have been coming to Banff on the weekends for years. I feel I have a pretty good grasp on the hiking trails and things to do in Banff, but this map has so many hidden spots or unique hiking trails I didn’t know about. As a photographer I appreciate all the detailed notes when it comes to specific times/months for capturing the best shot. As I said I live in Calgary and I know a lot about Banff already, but I think having this map as a first-time visitor or tourist would be very valuable as it has notes on the bus system, reservation details, and all the little things that you wouldn’t necessarily research before visiting. Would definitely save a lot of time.
Bonus for all the backcountry sites and trails listed. Love how easily it’s all laid out. Thanks for putting this together! Will definitely be sharing with my friends.
Franklin (verified owner) –
I am from Germany. I bought this map before my first trip to Banff, Canada. The person who made this map lives in Banff and I could tell by the quality of the map. Everything was very detailed. There were many photos and booking links which help making reservations and planning easy. There many places and hiking trails marked on here that I did not see on other websites when I was researching Banff. Great purchase. Thanks.
Erica (verified owner) –
Love this map! Sooo many great hikes and helped me plan my trip easily
Daniel (verified owner) –
AWESOME map!!! so many hikes and viewpoints. First time visitor to Banff and found this map early in the researching stage for my trip. Downloaded it and read a few posts from this website – it was all I needed to plan my trip.
T (verified owner) –
Great map. So many hikes and lots of information. Really liked how detailed the descriptions were and also found it helpful that there were links to blog posts to pull th info together even more. I liked the guide I was sent too. No issues downloading the map.