The full Canadian Rockies loop, top to bottom. Fly into Calgary, drive the Icefields Parkway up to Jasper, and work your way back through Banff and Canmore playing four of the best mountain courses on the continent. Two Stanley Thompson masterpieces at Jasper Park Lodge and Banff Springs, the drama of Silvertip, and 36 holes of fully public Kananaskis. Glacier lakes, elk on the fairways, and big Fairmont nights in between. This is the bucket-list trip.
Day-by-Day
Day
1
1
Travel Day
Fly into Calgary (YYC)
Grab a rental car and make the scenic 5-hour drive up to Jasper
Check into the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge (or stay in the town of Jasper for a tighter budget)
Dinner at Orso Trattoria
💡 It's a long first day, but the Calgary-to-Jasper drive is one of the most scenic in North America. Leave yourself time to stop for photos along the Icefields Parkway.
Day
2
2
Jasper Park Lodge
Breakfast at Bear's Paw Bakery
9am tee time at Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge — Stanley Thompson's Rockies stunner, regularly called the best public course in Canada
Lunch at the golf clubhouse, right off the course
Afternoon canoe on Lac Beauvert or a boat tour of Maligne Lake
Dinner at Raven Bistro
💡 Give Jasper Park Lodge a full day. Play in the morning and spend the afternoon on the water. Lac Beauvert is right on property and Maligne Lake is one of the most beautiful in the Rockies.
Day
3
3
Banff & Silvertip
Breakfast at Mad Grizzly on the way to Banff
Check into the Fairmont Banff Springs
3pm tee time at Silvertip Resort — big, dramatic mountain golf in Canmore, about twenty minutes from Banff
Dinner at Bear Street Tavern
💡 The Jasper-to-Banff drive back down the Icefields Parkway is the scenic centerpiece of the whole trip. Leave early, stop at Lake Louise and the Columbia Icefield, and you'll still make the afternoon tee time at Silvertip.
Day
4
4
Banff Springs
Breakfast at Whitebark Cafe
2pm tee time at Banff Springs — Stanley Thompson, 1928, one of the most beautiful courses on the planet and home to the famous par-3 Devil's Cauldron
Lunch right at the course
Dinner at The Bison
Night out at the Rose & Crown
💡 Banff Springs is the round of the trip. Book it the moment your dates are set, because peak-season tee times go fast. Keep an eye out for elk on the fairways, they're regulars.
Day
5
5
Kananaskis — 36
Breakfast at Wild Flour Bakery
9am tee time at Kananaskis (Mt. Kidd)
Lunch at the Kananaskis clubhouse
2pm tee time at Kananaskis (Mt. Lorette)
Dinner at Chuck's Steakhouse
Optional: drinks after at the Elk & Oarsman
💡 Kananaskis is 36 holes of Robert Trent Jones Jr. in a provincial park, fully public and the best value in the Rockies. Playing Mt. Kidd and Mt. Lorette back to back is the perfect big-golf send-off.
Day
6
6
Travel Day
Coffee and breakfast downtown before hitting the road
Drive to Calgary (about 1hr 25min) and fly home out of YYC
💡 Banff to Calgary is only about 90 minutes, so there's time for a relaxed morning in town before your flight.
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