RCMP ready for fall season
Posted Sep 30, 2011 7:17 am.
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The biggest traffic jam in southern Alberta this weekend likely won’t be in Calgary.
Mounties are getting ready for a stampede of people out to see the fall colours in the Moraine Lake area near Lake Louise, and they may have to restrict access.
Last weekend some visitors had to be turned away because of all the congestion.
Police say a steady stretch of cars stretched along the road for nearly three kilometres.
Park officials are asking people to consider other spots to view Banff’s famous golden trees before they lose their needles for the winter.