Popular Day Hikes: Canadian Rockies — Revised & Updated

Featuring a fresh design and the most current route updates, Popular Day Hikes is a series of bestselling books written for visitors and locals looking to hike scenic trails from well-established staging areas.

Popular Day Hikes: Canadian Rockies covers 37 popular, accessible trails in one of the world’s most stunningly beautiful natural environments. Featuring easy short-day walks, more-strenuous full-day hikes and the occasional easy scramble in areas around Banff, Lake Louise and Moraine Lake, the Icefields Parkway, Kootenay National Park, Yoho National Park and Jasper, this colourful guide contains something for everyone. Some of the trips included are:

Spray River Loop
Sunshine Meadows
Stanley Glacier
Lake Agnes
Plain of Six Glaciers
Larch Valley
Yoho Valley to Twin Falls
Parker Ridge
Valley of the Five Lakes
Sulpher Skyline Trail


Each hike includes:

detailed directions to trailheads
colour maps and photographs
seasonal information
round-trip distances
trail commentary
difficulty ratings