However, there are a few hotels that stand above the rest during the winter season. The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel is one of the best places to stay anytime of year, but during the winter season ...

Winter typically runs from November to May ... There is no Canadian hotel more iconic than the Fairmont Banff Springs, which was one of the earliest of Canada's grand railway hotels.

But Banff Upper Hot Springs on the edge of the village offers ... trees—the only coniferous trees to lose their needles in winter—turn yellow. The Banff Gondola, Lake Minnewanka tour ...

Read on for some winter vacation ideas ... and ice fishing before warming up at thermal attractions like the Banff Upper Hot Springs and Cave and Basin National Historic Site.

About 90 minutes from Calgary, Alberta, Banff offers an array of scenic outdoor pursuits: visitors can enjoy hot springs, ski and snowshoe in winter, and in the warmer months, hike and bike ...

Most of the hotels, including the renowned Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel ... once the site for the Nordic skiing events of the 1988 Winter Olympics, and serves as a frequent backdrop for several ...