If you go thru the best road and stop here and there for a few minutes , about 8 hour + drive!! worth every second. The Parkway is the most beautiful piece of road. Don't do it in winter tho. Columbia icefield area is hit and miss for winter closures. It gets pretty nasty there at times. We do that every time we go to Banff or Kananaskis, we come back via Jasper just because we can😂 and we stop everywhere. If you like dinosaurs, the Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller is worth checking out, this is close-ish to Calgary.