Johnston Canyon Tours and Tickets

Experience the winter wonderland of Banff's Johnston Canyon on this 4-hour ice walk tour. Join a professional guide on a hike along the canyon's steel walkways, where you'll visit the beautiful lower and upper waterfalls, and learn how this majestic canyon was formed. Your excursion includes round-trip transportation, ice cleats, and a hiking pole, plus a light snack and hot chocolate to help warm you up.

Trek safely through Johnston Canyon in the winter, surrounded by frozen waterfalls and ice pillars, in the company of a guide. This half-day tour allows you to embark on an icy trek without worrying about safety issues or directions; your guide will be with you the whole way. Listen to guided commentary on the canyon's formation and see fossils buried in the rocks, giving a window into the past. This moderately difficult hike includes cookies and hot chocolate to warm up with at the conclusion.

Discover Banff National Park at your own pace with a ticket for the Hop On bus. Buy your ticket in advance to guarantee your spot on the shuttle that zips around to attractions in the park not easily accessible without wheels. The modern school bus style shuttle goes between the town of Banff, Johnston Canyon, Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, Samson Mall, and the Lake Louise gondola.  You choose where to visit and when. 

See the best that Banff National Park and the surrounding wilderness have to offer  -  including beautiful Emerald Lake, stunning Moraine Lake and towering Takkakaw Falls  -  on this full-day guided coach tour.  Over the course of 9.5 hours, you'll discover some of the most awe-inspiring natural scenery of the Canadian Rockies, with time to spot some of the area's diverse wildlife, plus enjoy lunch and round-trip transport from your Banff hotel.