The Banff Springs hotel is a gargantuan and labyrinthine pile that dominates the townscape: we were given careful instructions by reception to find our first floor room, including a map with red dotted lines (taped to the desk) but still got lost and had to retrace our path to the lobby and start again. The "room"was a large bedroom with a lengthy internal corridor leading to a spacious arc-shaped lounge room. No complaints - it was a very friendly place.
The new day dawned with the haze washed away by the rain, and we saw, at last, that the mountains are inadequately described by superlatives. This was accentuated by a gondola trip to a high place, about 7500 feet above sea level, and late in the afternoon after we emerged at the east, a short helicopter ride based from grounds of a First Nations casino.
Wow - impressive scenery indeed!
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