Castle Mountain Area of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Travel Alberta Rocky Mountains Visual, Travel West, Travel Canada

There is alternative road from Banff to Lake Louise, parallel to Trans Canada Highway. The road is called Bow Valley Parkway. It is slower, more curvy but surprisingly even more picturesque then the Trans Canada Highway. In the middle between Banff and Lake Louise there is Castle Mountain, the mountain and the village. Between Bow Valley Parkway and Trans Canada Highway there is enough room for the Bow River and the Canadian Pacific railroad. Take the Bow Valley Parkway and you will have access to Johnson Canyon, mysterious and beautiful place in the Rockies. On the other side of the Highway, there is the Moraine Lake. From Castle Mountain you can turn south to Kootenay, British Columbia or continue to Lake Louise.