High Rockies is far to challenging for a hybrid. It's not "technical" in that there aren't drops, but it is a grunt with lots of loose terrain. I won't bring my wife on it because I value my marriage.
Goat Creek is the one my wife likes, there are a few sections she walks but it is mostly good. We drive up the spray, ride to Banff, and she takes the roam bus back(it has bike racks) and I ride the Legacy Trail. Usually I get my dad to drive me back to my truck in the Spray, but I've ridden the hill lots. I wouldn't do it with my wife, but she can have a coffee in town while you suffer back up to the top in the dust... I think the whole loop is about 50-60 km.
I'd start with a few rides around Nose Hill. Lots of different types of trails, so if it gets to hard for her, just switch it up. Everything from paved to gravel to dingle track dirt.
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