Banff National Park is home to soaring peaks and picturesque landscapes. But it's also home to an abandoned mining town that's open to the public.

Note: On Thursday, June 19, 2025, a rock slide occurred near Bow Glacier Falls in Banff National Park. As of Friday, two hikers had been reported dead, while others were believed to be injured.

A rock slide, center light grey area, is shown near Bow Glacier Falls north of Lake Louise, Alta., in Banff National Park on Friday, June 20, 2025. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP) Jeff ...

Not so in national parks, and Banff is no exception. Head to the expanse of Lake Minnewanka, about a 10-minute drive from town, for a prime star-gazing session.

Hiker killed by falling rocks in Canada’s Banff National Park, 3 others injured By . Patrick Reilly. Published June 20, 2025, 9:25 a.m. ET.

Angèle Smith, Jeremy Staveley, Toward an Ethnography of Mobile Tourism Industry Workers in Banff National Park, Anthropologica, Vol. 56, No. 2 (2014), pp. 435-447 ...

Two people were killed over the weekend after being attacked by a grizzly bear in Canada’s Banff National, park authorities said. Parks Canada Dispatch received an alert around 8 p.m. Friday ...

A grizzly bear is believed to have attacked and killed two people at a national park in southwest Canada, park officials said on Sunday. Parks Canada said it learned of the attack via an alert ...

Hamza Benhilal snaps a photo while hiking the Bow Glacier Falls trail in Banff National Park last week. The 33-year-old was killed in a rockfall not long after. Article content.

Two people were killed and three seriously injured in a massive rockfall that struck numerous hikers near Bow Glacier Falls in Banff National Park on Thursday and, after an overnight search, Parks ...