Canada's Rocky mountain range's ex-grand railroad hotels are now ski resorts

In Alberta's high country, where the Trans-Canada Highway unfurls between Banff and Lake Louise, the mountains of the Rockies march shoulder-to-shoulder, flanking the road, peaks bristling, glaciers sparkling. The place looks so good in summer that it’s practically a traffic hazard.

There are three ski resorts in the neighborhood – Sunshine Village, Lake Louise and Norquay – so you’d think a winter vacation here would be an easy sell. Apparently not.