Spray Lakes Reservoir

Spray Lakes Reservoir is a long, thin artificial lake south of Banff and north of the British Columbia border. It's prettier than your average lake, sure, but we're not here to look at a static body of water -- we're here to look at mountains. Spray Lakes had been a bunch of natural lakes which were connected when the dam was installed; the reservoir crammed between the Goat Range and the Three Sisters Ridge, with barely enough room to fit the Smith-Dorrien road in between. The west side of the lake features a long-abandoned road which is now a trail suitable for a long hike or a decent mountain bike ride.