Take an intimate journey through Banff, Kootenay, Yoho and Jasper National Parks with long time resident and documentary film maker Les McDonald. If you are planning a trip visit my website: https://insiderstravelguidecanada.com/ This full length feature film is an insiders look at our Canadian Mountain National Parks from the perspective of someone who lived there for 22 years. Immerse yourself in this beautiful video featuring natural ambient sounds, stunning mountains and wildlife so close you feel like you can touch them! This has been a work of passion for Les McDonald and a very personal project as you will see.
00:00 Prologue to the Canadian Rockies National Parks
02:15 Banff National Park and the Way of Water
02:39 Johnson Lake
02:50 Canoe on Moraine Lake
03:25 Bow Lake and Bow Glacier and Num Ti Jah Lodge
03:39 The Crowfoot Glacier
03:52 Castle Mountain and Nesting Osprey
04:06 The Town of Banff, the Bow River and Bow Falls
05:19 Surprise Corner and the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
05:44 Vermillion Lakes and Mount Rundle
06:11 Lake Minnewanka and Two Jack Lake
06:55 The Banff Gondola
07:25 Banff Upper Hot Springs and Johnstons Canyon
08:43 The Boss Grizzly Bear Encounter
09:21 Lake Louise and Moraine Lake
11:21 Black Bear and Cubs Encounter
12:18 Kootenay National Park, Olive Lake and the Radium Hot Springs
13:14 Big Horn Sheep Rams, Ewes and Kids
14:12 Yoho National Park
14:20 Town Village of Field B.C.
14:51 Natural Bridge
15:01 Emerald Lake and Emerald Lake Lodge
15:47 Fall Grizzly Bear Encounter
16:29 Takakkaw Falls
17:02 The Spiral Tunnels
17:30 The Icefields Parkway to Jasper National Park
17:50 Peyto Lake
18:37 The Columbia Icefields and Ice Explorer Buses
19:17 Big Horned Sheep Rams in the Fall Rut
20:07 Tangle Creek Falls
20:41 Sunwapta Falls
21:03 Athabasca Falls
21:26 Mt. Edith Cavell and Angel Glacier
22:00 The Town of Jasper
22:32 Jasper Skytram
23:01 Miette Hot Springs
23:31 Massive Bull Elk and Harem at Sunset
24:02 Pyramid Mountain and Pyramid Lake
24:29 Maligne Canyon
25:25 Medicine Lake and Hoary Marmots
26:30 Maligne Lake and Spirit Island
27:04 Epilogue