From breakfast on, the railway twists ever upwards into the Canadian Rockies, vaulting canyons and boring through snow-tipped mountains.

BBC: The wonders of Canada by rail

If you are lucky you can check off the Canadian Rockies' Big Five animal sightings: deer, elk, moose, wolf and bear.

BBC: The natural wonders of Banff and Jasper National Parks

Mount Rundle, overlooking Banff, Alberta, was misspelled as Mount Trundle in an Off Duty article on Saturday about skiing in the Canadian Rockies.

WSJ: Corrections & Amplifications

Scores of films, readings and panel discussions fill a week at the Banff Centre, an arts institution in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.

WSJ: Banff Mountain Festival | A Nature for the Great Outdoors | By Michael J. Ybarra

This 117-year-old castle-like hostelry in the Canadian Rockies looks and feels like the maze-like fictional school of witchcraft and wizardry from the Harry Potter books.

FORBES: Banff Springs Eternal

There, the rooms boast incredible views of the Canadian Rockies.

BBC: Following the royals through North America

Whether this list leads you to a hilltop spa in Mexico, a helicopter-access-only slope in the Canadian Rockies or a kitchen filled with Italian grandmas hell-bent on perfecting your pesto is up to you.

CNN: Hard to find, but totally worth it

But Fairmont is trying to lure visitors with a new "Cruisin' the Canadian Rockies" package, which kicks off in Banff, an hour-and-a-half drive from the Calgary airport, and includes two nights each at their three luxury Alberta resorts: the JPL, the historic Chateau Lake Louise and the Fairmont Banff Springs .

FORBES: Rocky Mountain High, Canadian-Style

It took a lot of money for Major League Baseball (MLB) to purchase the domain name Rockies.com, a URL that was formerly owned by the Canadian tourism portal Tourism Canadian Rockies, but it now controls the website.

FORBES: Did MLB Overpay In Its Purchase Of Rockies.com?