Make a splash in Jasper National Park’s Lac Beauvert, the lake named after the French words for “beautiful green”

Cascade Mountain towers above Banff Avenue, one of the liveliest streets in the Canadian Rockies

Dig into one of the world’s largest displays of dinosaurs at the Royal Tyrell Museum

A hotbed for fossil finds, the badlands cut a swath through southeastern Alberta in Dinosaur Provincial Park

Take advantage of a warm summer evening in Edmonton with a cool drink on the patio

Galloping horses, wooden wheels and flying mud — experience the thrill of the chuckwagon races at the Calgary Stampede

Shopping or gallery gazing? You can do both at Edmonton’s Art Gallery of Alberta.

Maximum relaxation is always in season at one of Banff’s luxurious Rocky Mountain day spas

Cowboys round up the herd at Horsethief Canyon in Alberta’s Badlands

The sun sets over a campfire sing-a-long at Crimson Lake, just outside Rocky Mountain House

Pull up your RV to the shores of Cold Lake for an intimate lakeside dinner for two

Fat tires hit the dirt on Tunnel Mountain’s bike trails near Banff, Alberta

Shift your mountain bike into high gear at Jasper National Park’s Maligne Lake

With the breathtaking glaciers of Jasper’s Maligne Lake above, you might forget how many fish are waiting for your lure below

The Columbia Icefield’s Athabasca Glacier makes frozen adventures a year-round sport

Tee off with the Rocky Mountains as your gallery at the Silvertip Golf Resort in Canmore

Hike mountain peaks in Jasper National Park and touch the sky

Release your inner cowboy as you gallop across a western meadow in the Rocky Mountain Foothills

Stand tall in the saddle as you watch daylight fade west of Sundre, Alberta

Castle Falls creates an enticing reason for an afternoon swim at Pincher Creek

Light up the night as you cross the Peace Bridge into Calgary’s thriving club scene

Float through parks, festivals and downtown architecture with Calgary’s summer rafting culture

Find out what your friends are really made of with an action-packed battle through the whitewater of the Red Deer River

Take classic mountaineering to the highest level at Haddo Peak in Banff National Park

Let VIA Rail take the wheel with a train ride through the Canadian Rockies' gallery of spectacular landscapes

Put the top down for a panoramic road trip into Kananaskis Country in Bow Valley Provincial Park

Step onto the internationally award-winning architecture of Calgary’s Peace Bridge on the Bow River

Keep your eyes and ears open for brown, black and grizzly bears in Jasper National Park

Leave the kitchen sink at home: Tonquin Valley Backcountry Lodge makes setting up base camp ruggedly easy