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Banff Springs Hotel is one of Canada's grand railway hotels built by Canadian Pacific Railway.[3] The present hotel property is made up of two main buildings, an eleven-storey tower, and the main block of the hotel.[3] Designed by Walter S. Painter, construction for the tower building, or the centre wing, began in 1911, and was completed in 1914.[3] The main block of the hotel was erected from 1927 to 1928, and replaced the original wooden hotel destroyed in a fire.[3] The original structure was a five-storey wooden building, able to accommodate 280 guests, was designed by Bruce Price.[3] On 24 June 1988, the hotel buildings were designated as a National Historic Site of Canada.[3]
Came upon this view while hiking up to Lake Agnes there in Banff National Park. Just had to stop and take a shot ... hard to do this view justice but liked the interplay of tall pines and the peaks and the patch of blue sky through the clouds.
Our next stop was Banff, both the town and the National Park. We took the Banff Gondola to the top of Sulphur Mountain. From its top (2451 metres) you look down on the town of Banff and you have a view over 6 mountain chains.
When in Banff I recommend a visit and tour of this iconic "Castle of the Rockies." Amazing inside and out. With the Bow River flowing below and the river's falls just to the right in this frame and Mt. Rundle rising majestically across the valley there is much to admire around it as well.
"The hotel opened in 1888 by the Canadian Pacific Railway, as one of the earliest of Canada's grand railway hotels. The original wooden structure burnt down in 1926, the replacement structure was made up of a steel frame, clad in Rundle limestone.
The Banff Springs Hotel includes 757 guest rooms and suites spread throughout the hotel property plus 12 restaurants."
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An Ewe and her Lamb. We stopped along beautiful Bow Valley Parkway to enjoy the scenery when a pair of Ewe suddenly showed up with their two juveniles. Here's the photo of one female with her cub. Banff, Alberta, Canada.
A view there in the Canadian Rockies with sunlight in the morning hitting the cloud deck and some of the peaks too.
Continuing my National Park wildlife series with this bugling bull elk photographed on frosty morning in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
At 2281 m (7486 ft) the upper terminal of the Banff Gondola sightseeing lift also has the full-service Panorama Restaurant, self-serve Summit Café, 360° observation decks and the Sanson’s Peak boardwalk all offering incredible views. The vista includes Banff townsite, Cascade and Rundle Mountains, the Bow River, Lake Minnewanka, and The Fairmont Banff Springs hotel and golf course as well as a resident herd of bighorn sheep. Both restaurants offer tables by huge windows; the Panorama also has soft lounge seats.
Sound appealing? Highly recommended when one is in Banff. Boy am I overdue for a return.....
A few more shots from up here in comments.
Happy Friday!