If your Canmore Pinterest board is starting to look like everyone else’s — the same turquoise Grassi Lakes shots, the same crowded Main Street strolls — you’re not alone. Plenty of visitors drive right past some of the Bow Valley’s best-kept secrets. These are the …
If you’re spending time in Canmore this summer, you’ve probably seen photos of Quarry Lake pop up — that striking body of water with dramatic mountain reflections and a small sandy beach. What most people don’t realize is that this popular spot was once an …
Every year, millions of visitors book accommodation in Banff townsite without ever considering the alternative sitting 25 kilometres down the highway. Canmore is quieter, more affordable, less crowded, and in many respects more authentically connected to the mountain landscape around it. It sits just outside …
Canmore sits 104 kilometres west of Calgary, cradled in a glacial valley where the Bow River bends south and the Three Sisters — those three jagged limestone peaks — watch over everything with quiet authority. It used to be a coal mining town. Now it’s …