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Calgary and Area Tourist Resources, Focus on Bicycling
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The links on this page are provided as a convenience and their inclusion in no way implies that CMBA endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or use of these sites.
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For planning your outdoor excursion to the Calgary area the following information will be helpful.
Banff / Lake Louise Tourism Bureau
Tourism Calgary
Discover Alberta
Travel Alberta
Free hardcopy or downloadable "Vacation Guide", accomm. Including campgrounds.
Hotels & suites in Banff
Banff National Park
Has weather info.
Kananaskis Country
Hostelling International
Bus shuttle service between the "mountain chain" hostels, Calgary, Kananaskis, Banff, Lk. Louise, Jasper.
Discover the Rockies
National topographic map series
Look for map area 82J
Brewster Bus Company
Operates scheduled bus service between Calgary Intl. Airport, Banff, Lake Louise & Jasper. Will accept BOXED bikes as 'cargo' if space permits. Could be useful for shuttle service if schedules don't work out with the Hostelling Assoc.'s shuttle service.
Kananaskis Taxi & Tours
Operates 15 passenger vans to the Kananaskis Valley & Banff. Can handle bicycles
403-678-0088
Alberta Bicycle Association
Provincial organizing, advocacy, not-for-profit group
Calgary Area Outdoor Council
Local outdoor club coordinating body. Publishers of the "Getting There" guide, inexpensive paperback booklet with a wealth of local outdoor resources
Elbow Valley Cycle Club
Map Town
Guidebooks & maps, mail order via the Internet
Electronic maps of Calgary
Includes pathways and parks, viewable in sections only at time of writing
There are at least five campgrounds between Calgary and Banff National Park. Note that Highway 1A is the preferred cycling egress route from Calgary's NW. In order from Calgary's western City limit to Banff:
- Calgary West KOA, Box 10, Site 12, SS #1, Calgary, Alberta T2M 4N3, Free reservations - 1-800-562-0842, info- 403-288-0411, FAX 286-1612. 1 km S of Hwy 1. OK access across the Bow Valley to Hwy 1A.
- Calaway Park is a large kiddy ride park with an RV park & campground. Could be noisy! Calaway R.V. Park & Campground does have tenting sites. email - calaway@calawaypark.com Phone - 403-249-7372. .5 km S of Hwy 1. No convenient access back to Hwy. 1A.
- Green Acres Motel and RV Park - 14.4 km E of Banff Natl. Park gate @ Deadman's Flats - Toll free - 1-800-820-5344, phone - 403-678-5344, FAX - 678-6691. On Hwy 1. No convenient access to Hwy 1A.
- Bow Valley Campgrounds @ Willow Rock and Bow Valley Provincial Park - Box 8585, Canmore, Alberta T1W 2V3. Phone - 403-673-2163. On Hwy 1 but can be accessed via Hwy 1X, a connecting hwy. to Hwy 1A.
Please allow some time, if possible, to day tour on portions of Calgary's 400 km regional pathway system if you have interests in checking out our City's spectacular sites.
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