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08-13-2021, 08:30 AM
The AD

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Originally Posted by grinch

Canmore has indian food wasnt aware bznff does.

I've been to an Indian restaurant in Banff. My recollection was that it was upstairs along Banff Ave. Fairly small place, but it was good.
08-13-2021, 08:54 AM
yeahman

Starting to see ads for Canadian ski areas on my social media. Book now!
08-13-2021, 10:35 AM
grinch

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Originally Posted by The AD

I've been to an Indian restaurant in Banff. My recollection was that it was upstairs along Banff Ave. Fairly small place, but it was good.

Im not surprised. Lived in banff/canmore for 25yrs but hadnt been through for 10 yrs until last year. A noticeable few spaces had been filled in/developed. It was surreal during the height of covid restrictions in the middle of the night to pick up some equipment. All lit op like disneyland and i saw 2 people on my cruise down banff ave. Just weird , from someone that avoided banff ave and walked the alleys to get anywhere for yrs to avoid the crowds

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08-13-2021, 12:00 PM
waxman

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Originally Posted by grinch

Lots of good food in both canmore amd banff. Too many to list. No one will give them a hard time apart from me bustin ballz on the interwebz.
Maybe it was the crazy weed cafe in canmore. Canmore has indian food wasnt aware bznff does. In banff i like barpa bills for chicken souvlaki or the barpa burger and chaya japanese restaurant. Canmore itd be crazy weed, iron goat and beamers for coffee and breakfast and go warly and stock up on day old huge healthy muffins and chocolate croisons if theyre early

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Barpa Bills closed a couple of years ago. No point even going to town anymore.
08-13-2021, 12:28 PM
shirk

Damn no more Barpa's. Coulda swore I ate there in November 2019 when I was last there for the Film Fest. It was the highlight of my yearly Banff work trip for the Fest.
08-13-2021, 01:13 PM
grinch

Ya thats too bad. Good guy and great food. Barpa's dressing on the greek salad was top shelf

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08-13-2021, 03:34 PM
robnow

Can’t believe there’s a Barpa’s convo, Andy and Mike were my housemates in University, neither wanted to take over the family business so they sold, too bad.
08-13-2021, 05:35 PM
grinch

Thats cool. Atleast one of the boys worked there off and on for years. Nice people always relaxed and friendly. Probably good roomies id imagine

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08-15-2021, 07:58 AM
yeahman

Story about families split by the border closure. Interesting quote from a Whitefish business owner regarding the shift in tourism away from party-prone Canadians to a more family-about-town disposition: "It's noticeably non-Canadian. It's a little bit more mellow." Heh.

https://helenair.com/news/state-and-...0d96bee3e.html
08-15-2021, 11:03 AM
waxman

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Originally Posted by robnow

Can’t believe there’s a Barpa’s convo, Andy and Mike were my housemates in University, neither wanted to take over the family business so they sold, too bad.

Well that's it, I'm blaming you for the closure and not talking them into taking it over.
08-15-2021, 11:22 AM
phatty

Heading up to Shuswap to visit the in laws for the first time in 18 months. My wife is fairly relieved to finally get back up north. Her Canadian accent is even starting to come back a bit. Hopefully the fires in that area will calm down a bit and smoke will clear out with the shift in weather coming.
08-15-2021, 11:27 AM
rideit

Yup, wifey had clear skies in Banff, but their drive to Jasper was too Smokey to see the mountains much. Supposedly one of the most beautiful stretches of highway on the planet….
08-15-2021, 12:18 PM
Snow Dog

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Originally Posted by phatty

Heading up to Shuswap to visit the in laws for the first time in 18 months. My wife is fairly relieved to finally get back up north. Her Canadian accent is even starting to come back a bit. Hopefully the fires in that area will calm down a bit and smoke will clear out with the shift in weather coming.

You might want to check EmergencyInfoBC before running the gauntlet. Lots of peek-a-boo (now we're open; now we're closed) highways and towns. The interactive map is more or less kept up to date.

There's also driveBC.ca for highway conditions and cameras.
08-15-2021, 12:33 PM
weibo

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Originally Posted by rideit

Yup, wifey had clear skies in Banff, but their drive to Jasper was too Smokey to see the mountains much. Supposedly one of the most beautiful stretches of highway on the planet….

It had been good for a few days but rolled back in Friday night. Not much we can do about it. Hopefully it clears a bit for them while they are here.
08-15-2021, 12:37 PM
skaredshtles

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Originally Posted by rideit

Yup, wifey had clear skies in Banff, but their drive to Jasper was too Smokey to see the mountains much. Supposedly one of the most beautiful stretches of highway on the planet….

It is...https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...5303d5571b.jpg
08-15-2021, 12:48 PM
DanoT

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Originally Posted by phatty

Heading up to Shuswap to visit the in laws for the first time in 18 months. My wife is fairly relieved to finally get back up north. Her Canadian accent is even starting to come back a bit. Hopefully the fires in that area will calm down a bit and smoke will clear out with the shift in weather coming.

I was talking on the phone to a friend in Kamloops yesterday and he said the smoke is really bad right now.
08-15-2021, 02:31 PM
liv2ski

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Originally Posted by skaredshtles

It is...https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...5303d5571b.jpg

Wow. On the list to see. Thx
08-15-2021, 02:37 PM
rideit

They are taking the huge four wheeled buses onto the glacier today, should be fun if it doesn’t crash.
08-15-2021, 03:21 PM
teamdirt

Terrible day for visibility- thickest smoke we have had in a few weeks. Drove over highwood this morning. Couldn’t see any mtns....snow and rain forecasted for Tuesday. That should clear it out for a bit...

I recommend The Balkan in Banff for killer Greek food run by a long time local family.
08-15-2021, 03:23 PM
rideit

The glacier bus tour was cancelled due to smoke...have any of you been to LaDuc?
Anything interesting near there?
08-15-2021, 03:29 PM
grinch

Hopefully they get a clear day. The glaciers are closest at that point. I always told visitors that'd want to focus their trip on a clear day for the icefields parkway. From LL to Jasper really is the highlight of most visitors trip

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08-15-2021, 03:34 PM
rideit

Are there any rad bike-friendly trails between those two points? Thinking about bringing the camper back next year. Or is it all National Park?
08-15-2021, 06:25 PM
weibo

Nothing to exciting in Leduc. I assume they are flying out from Edmonton. If they still have a car they could drive about 30 minutes to the Univesity Botanical Gardens near Devon. It's quite nice.
08-15-2021, 06:30 PM
weibo

It's all National Park on that drive but there are some short detours that are worth it. Nordegg area has some good trails, Banff/Canmore and Jasper have great riding and west of Jasper about an hour (20 minutes from Mt.Robson) is Valemounr and they have a great community run bike park, I am expecting a LeeLau tr on it, he was there this week..
08-15-2021, 06:34 PM
rideit

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Originally Posted by weibo

Nothing to exciting in Leduc. I assume they are flying out from Edmonton. If they still have a car they could drive about 30 minutes to the Univesity Botanical Gardens near Devon. It's quite nice.

They drove, I’ll suggest it.

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