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The young, jagged, elk- and grizzly-patrolled Alberta Rockies are a wild tangle of glaciers, granite, and evergreen so ravishing that UNESCO accorded them World Heritage Site status. Add champagne powder and challenging slopes and Banff is a skiers' heaven in winter; come summer, adrenaline junkies mountain bike, climb, and hike the same steep inclines.
Perfect powdery slopes that will keep ski and snowboarding buffs slavering till next season.
