Changelog

Banff's town page now opens with a sketch of the Bow River curving past the townsite beneath Cascade Mountain's tiered rock face.

Environment Canada's weather warnings in force for the valley, in plain words — the winter-storm, extreme-cold and wildfire-smoke warnings the town actually gets — with the wind at the townsite now and the official channels for evacuation orders, highways and park closures. When nothing is in force, it says so.

A new page shows how the Bow is running through town right now — its live flow and level from the Water Survey of Canada gauge at Banff, where today sits against the past month, and the official Alberta flood-warning link. It describes the river; the flood warnings live with Alberta Rivers. The 2013 flood (about 466 m³/s at Banff) is the year it's measured against.

Four tools to start: how busy downtown will be on any day, the cheapest way to park (the free Train Station lot versus the downtown pay zone), today's air and wildfire-smoke reading, and straight answers on residency, park fees, the buses and wildlife.