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Banff and the Canadian Rockies

Banff and the Canadian Rockies Travel Guide

Comparing mountains is a subjective and imprecise business. Yet few would deny that the 640-km (397-mi) stretch of the Canadian Rockies that runs along the Alberta-British Columbia border easily ranks as one of the most extravagantly beautiful ranges on earth. It's obvious how the Rockies got their name. Awesome forces of nature combined to thrust wildly folded sedimentary and metamorphic rock up into ragged peaks and high cliffs. Add glaciers and snowfields to the lofty peaks, carpet the valleys with forests, mix in a generous helping of small and large mammals, wildflowers, rivers, and crystal-clear lakes, and you've got the recipe for the Canadian Rockies.

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