I live in the city of Calgary, 55 miles east of the Rocky mountains in the province of Alberta. Look up Banff National Park, Waterton National Park, Jasper National park, Yoho National Park, Dinasour Provincial Park (this where they have found & are still finding dinosaur bones, it also has a beautiful modern museum right in the park) Kananaskis Country, it has the highest pass in Canada at 7250 ft above sea level. Peter Lougheed Provincial park, they are all easy driving distance from my house. Don't let the distances fool you, we generally can drive & cover 65 miles in an hour, hour after hour, so the Rockies are only 55 minutes away. We are at an evelation of 3500 ft above sea level. Calgary is a modern city of some 1.2 million people & over 500 sq. miles in area. The airport is only 15 minutes from our house(15 KM) We drive on the left though you would not think so most times, it is my opinion that we have the worlds worst drivers. When it snows for the first time each fall we manage approx 175 accidents in a few hours, just crazy to watch. Feel free to ask anything you may want to know, I will be happy to tell you. Mick B.