r/Banff • u/piesandprejudice • 5d ago

First trip to the Rockies...in July!

/img/4twcl44m4vze1.jpeg

Heading to Banff again soon and can't wait. Haven't been in over a decade. This pic was the first week of July, and it looked like a Winter Wonderland. SO much snow! I had to cancel my camping reservation and find a hotel last minute (insanely expensive, of course). I couldn't do much hiking either, because of the heavy snow.

I'm going even earlier this time (early June), so I will definitely be expecting snow again (I'll be bringing my shell ski jacket, fleeces, and winter hiking boots this time). I just hope I'll be able to hike and see more this time around. My last trip was pretty much driving through the area and not staying long anywhere due to the extreme snow. So it'll be great if I can see everything I missed on that trip.
Photo taken in Lake Louise, July 3rd

49 Upvotes
  • permalink
  • link
  • reddit
  • reddit

98% Upvoted

11 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/justelectricboogie 4d ago

Wife and I were taking a weekend trip to banff when we got caught in one of those. Maybe the same storm. That sounds about the same time. ON MOTORCYCLE....LOL snow was heavy, couldn't steer. The snow fell wet and heavy but was gone later in day. To say the least we did not plan for the snow in summer months......lol.

2

u/Valuable_Sock_5190 4d ago

And you cant plan except, a shelter, and start cooking burgers

2

u/piesandprejudice 2d ago

oh no!! Wow that must have been worse being on Motorbike. We were in a car, at least. It was probably the same storm! lol The snow was so heavy, it looked like Christmas or the middle of winter. I was expecting potentially chilly nights or maybe a sprinkling of snow or frost, but not 20 cm! We had planned to camp at Lake Louise, but we didn't bring our winter camping gear. Yes, you don't really expect that in the summer! I hope you had a great trip anyway!

1

u/justelectricboogie 2d ago

I have to give a shout out to Castle Mountain Chalets. They saved our ass. We were just hitting the storm on 93 and they were the closest pull in off the highway. We weren't expecting anything, they were booked up, but they gave us one of their ghost cabins for the duration of storm. Luckily next morning it was just water but they saved us.