About 15 years ago we went to Banff in early November. The elk rut (breeding season) had just ended. The weather was very cold and snowy, and the exhausted bull elk were sometimes to be found bedded down within 20 feet of the road in Bow Valley. So we went back last year a bit earlier hoping to catch rut still in progress.

Glacier retreat is indeed noticeable. If you want to see them, don’t wait too many years.

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Mt. Hardesty Select		Mt. Hardesty and the Athabasca River Select		Mt. Edith Cavell Select
Athabasca Falls Select		Worn and broken rocks at the top of Athabasca Falls Select		Athabasca River with Brussels Peak and Mt. Edith Cavell Select
Athabasca River and the Winston Churchill Range Select		Athabasca River Select		Tangle Falls Select
Winter coming on in the Rockies Select		Sunwapta Peak Select		Dome Glacier Select
Cirrus Mountain Select		Reflections Select		Mt. Jerram with Tombstone Mountain to left Select
Mt. Kidd Select		Mt. Kidd Select		Upper Kananaskis Lake Select
Unnamed Lake near Spray Lake Select