Banff and Jasper in May - need suggestions Jasper, Banff, May

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This is a continue discussion of the previous thread:
http://www.loyaukee.com/forum/vi ... 2404&extra=page%3D4
My 4 friends finally confirm some details about this trip. There will be 6 of us in total (4+me+my bf) This is the current plan:

Day 1 HKG-YVR. Spend day 1 afternoon and evening in Vancouver. Rest and have some good food.
Day 2 early flight YVR -> Calgary. Rent a van in Calgary. Drive to Banff and Lake Louise (sunday brunch if still possible) Overnight at Banff
Day 3 Drive to Peyto Lake -> hwy 93 -> ice field -> Jasper. Stay at carbine near Jasper
Day 4 Jasper National Park. Night 2 at Jasper.
Day 5 Jasper drive back to Calgary airport and fly back to Vancouver.

So I need to book 1 night of hotel in Banff or near by area. Any suggestion?

I have found a nice carbine near Jasper, I will see if I can book it. Will post review later.

How about food, any suggestion of good food for the Banff Jasper area?
We need suggestion along the way for lunch, dinner and cafe for a snack.

How about good place to buy alberta beef? We planned to do a bit of cooking at the carbine. Any good place to get them? (farmers market?)

And we may have dinner in Calgary on day 5, any suggestion for Calgary restaurant? They prob want something more Canadian than Chinese food.

Thanks!

Catpiano

Yeah ..  good!!

Not that warm last week or so, but at least, not snowing ..  

^_^

fibbi

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    Welcome back! And looking forward to your review!

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Came back from my Banff + Jasper trip! It was fun and we had some good food. I will post a trip report soon. Weather was very good and road to Moraine Lake was opened just one day before we got there. Both Moraine Lake and Lake Louise were frozen but they are still beautiful. (in a different way) We saw some animals along Bow Valley Parkway as well!
Thanks for everyone's help!

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Dont' worry... (I am worry ok... ) we try to be mentally prepared as possible. Worst case, we will loose the 1 nite accomdation in Jasper (cos that's non-refundable) and get stuck in Banff. And we stay in the car and watch the snowy mountain.
And yeah, We will try to eat more steak/games in AB and fancy fine dine back in Vancouver. I will try my best to steer them away from Chinese or Asian food.

Catpiano

As Zue said, food in Banff (or Calgary) is just so so ..

Unless you are STEAK FANS .. most the steak house, ( ie: Keg ) their steak are good.

By the way .. just got 5 inch snow last night .. was crazy ..   and will keep on snowing for a while ...  LOL

Welcome to the stupid "HEART OF WESTERN CANADA"

( I couldn't laugh everytime, when I see the mayor of Calgary, or whoever calgarian keeps calling Calgary is the HEART of Western Canada, and keep calling Calgary the best city of Canada!  B.S.! )

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回復 51# zuesel
Thank you!
Yeah I read a lot of reviews. I think we may try Bison for dinner.

zuesel

Bear Bear. To be honest with you, nothing really great around Banff for food. Vancouver is much better!
The buffet at Banff Springs is good value for the money and has great view but it's not the best though.

However, there's are a couple that's a bit different. They serve "yeah mei" - wild meats. People say it's good but i've never tried. (read up some reviews la)

There's really only one main strip in Banff, so while you are walking around you will see them anyway.

  Grizzly House Restaurant - banffgrizzlyhouse.com
207 Banff Avenue, Banff - (403) 762-4055
"The cheese fondue was delicious but the best ..."

Bison Mountain Bistro & General Store The - www.thebison.ca
208 Bear Street, Banff - (403) 762-5550
"I was particularly impressed by the consistent ..."

Hope your trip to my home province is fun and memorable! Let's go camping again when you return la!






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The Juniper Bistro menu looks good! Guess we will have lunch there!
http://www.thejuniper.com/Dining/Menus/tabid/85/Default.aspx

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回復 48# Catpiano
o! Jupitor has good lunch?! That's great.
We didn't end up staying there because they don't have room for 4 adults. So if we get 2 rooms, it's a bit expensive.