STORIES BY Ken Burns


CANADIAN ROCKIES & GLACIER NATIONAL PARK


CELEBRATES THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CENTENNIAL


1916~2016


GLACIER NATIONAL PARK Craggy peaks, buffalo jumps, stunt cowboys and vintage “Jammer” buses set the tone throughout the timberlands of the Canadian Rockies and Montana’s Glacier National Park... Kootenay’s canyons and hot springs... alpine vistas and glaciers along the Icefields Parkway... a cruise on ice-blue mountain lakes... a ride in an Ice Explorer on Athabasca Glacier... luxury mountain resorts in Banff National Park, Jasper National Park and at Lake Louise... and so much more.


1. ARRIVE CALGARY Tour begins: 5:00 PM, The Fairmont Palliser. A transfer is included from Calgary Airport to The Fairmont Palliser. Join us at a private Wild West welcome reception and dinner at the Heritage Park Museum tonight. Meals D


2. WATERTON LAKES & GLACIER NATIONAL PARKS En route from Calgary to Waterton Lakes National Park, visit the prehistoric Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. Lunch in Waterton at a historic railway hotel, then cross into Montana, continuing to Glacier National Park and your rustic hotel. Meals BLD


3. GOING-TO-THE-SUN ROAD This morning’s private cruise on glacial lakes reveals why this region has been called the “Switzerland of North America.”


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The Going-to-the-Sun Road is an engineering marvel; weather permitting, drive aboard restored 1930s vintage touring buses called “Jammers.” Cross the Continental Divide en route to Lake McDonald for an overnight stay. Meals BLD


4. KOOTENAY NATIONAL PARK TO LAKE LOUISE Journey through Can a da’s timberlands, stopping for lunch in Fort Steele. Drive on through Kootenay National Park; see the red walls of Sinclair Canyon and stop at Radium Hot Springs, en route to your lakeside resort in Lake Louise. Meals BLD


5. THE BEAUTY OF MORAINE LAKE Weather permitting, travel to Moraine Lake in the Valley of the Ten Peaks. Explore the area with a naturalist guide, then return to the resort for time at leisure. Meals BD


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