Banff National Park showcases the Canadian Rockies’ raw beauty through 6,641 sq km of protected wilderness, making it 50% larger than Torres del Paine National Park. Its turquoise lakes — Moraine Lake and Lake Louise — receive 4 million visitors annually, yet 80% of the park remains designated backcountry accessible only by foot. Grizzly bears and wolves roam a landscape shaped by 80 named glaciers, though climate change has reduced ice coverage by 25% since 2005. Cheaper than the average trip to Fiordland National Park, Banff offers 1,600 km of hiking trails and 3 ski resorts, balancing high visitation with strict wildlife corridors that keep roadkill below 0.2 incidents per 1,000 km.
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