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Originally Posted by dubc80
Did the Legacy Trail on Saturday. Pretty nice ride into Banff for lunch, then back. It's noticeably easier on the way back from Banff to Canmore.
Bear signs all around the path around the Banff East Park gates. Bear 148 must be roaming around...
Note that the parking lot at the Canmore Visitor Information Centre is pretty small for such a popular trail. It was full by 10am and people were already circling. We pretty much got the last spot. I'm sure there is other parking elsewhere though.
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The bear has been mostly hanging out by the golf course across the tracks, but I guess wanders over to the trail occasionally. It is almost always easier coming back due to the prevailing wind direction, it's usually more noticeable in the afternoon as that is when the wind picks up.
For parking, you can go into town and park at the rec centre/curling rink/golf course. Ideally one day they will have a crossing at the tracks, as it is just across from the info centre. As a kid we used to cut across there all the time, but CP put up fences a few years ago. So for now you have to go back to the crossing by BP's.