Both Banff & Jasper are very close proximity to each other, so for time’s sake, I am going to drive through both in one day. Not planning to do any hikes and will just stop at Lake Louise and the Icefields. It’s doable because there is so much to see just driving through.
[One thing I’ve had to consider on my trip is safety as a single traveling by myself. For safety, I don’t feel comfortable doing any solo hikes in remote places. In well-traveled, well-populated places such as the Hidden Lake trail at Logans Pass in Glacier, it is easy to hike because there are many others around. But many other places nobody else was around. So although there were a number of places where I saw trails along the way that could’ve been hiked, I just stuck to the roads for the most part.]
Lake Louise:
Columbia Icefield:
Bow Lake:
Crowfoot Glacier:
Bighorn sheep at northern end of Jasper:
Tonight I stayed at Mt. Robson Provincial Park, Robson River Campground just east of Tete Jaune Cache. http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/mt_robson/