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Around the resort: the Nation, the reservoir, the city and the Rockies
Everything within a day's reach, sorted by driving minutes from the resort's pin.
The Nation first
The resort sits on the Tsuutʼina reserve, which runs west from Calgary's south-west limits. The Nation is Athabaskan by language and connected to the Dene; the resort's own pages explain the name as "many people" or "beaver people" in the Elders' reading. The respectful way in for a visitor is the Grey Eagle Cultural Tours: the Tsuutʼina Museum with storytelling and an introduction to the language, a Buffalo Paddock tour, the DH Ranch Indian Relay experience and Brown Bear Woman Events teachings, for groups of 10 to 14 by request.
The Nation's commercial development along Tsuutʼina Trail, Taza, includes the Shops at Buffalo Run; its Costco, opened in August 2020, was described at the time as the company's first store on a First Nations reserve in Canada (Wikipedia).
Within ten minutes or so
- Weaselhead Flats6 minNatural area on the Elbow River; walking and birding
- Westhills Towne Centre8 minShopping and chain restaurants; on the Shopping Package route
- Glenmore Landing11 minEdge of the Glenmore Reservoir and its pathways
- Chinook Centre9 minThe city's big mall; Shopping Package drop-off
- Heritage Park10 minHistorical village on the reservoir; check its season before going
A little further into the city
- Stampede Park17 min11.9 km
- Scotiabank Saddledome17 min11.8 km
- Spruce Meadows17 min18.9 km
- Downtown (Calgary Tower)18 min12.5 km
- Calgary Zoo18 min19.0 km
West, where the sky stops being flat
- Canmore62 min102 km
- Kananaskis Village64 min100 km
- Banff75 min128 km
- Lake Louise105 min182 km
All minutes above are Google Maps estimates read on a quiet Saturday evening in November. They are good for planning a day, not for promising anyone you will be there by noon. Travel Alberta puts Kananaskis Country about 30 minutes away and Banff National Park about an hour, measured to the park and country boundaries rather than the villages.
What we do not cover
We do not review restaurants, bars or attractions off the resort, and we do not have arrangements with any of them. The names above are there to help you judge distances, nothing more.