Drive in Icefields Parkway
One highlight of the Icefields Parkway is a visit to the Columbia Icefield, where you can ride on a Snocoach right up onto the glacier itself and get out and walk around on the ice. During the summer, trained guides offer 3 or 5 hour walks on the Athabasca Glacier, but this is only possible when there is no snowcover on the ice. We were there at the very beginning of the tourist season, and the glacier was a smooth white sheet of snow, giving no hint as to the maze of deadly crevasses under its surface.
Other scenic highlights of the drive include Peyto Lake, the Crowfoot and Bow glaciers and the Athabasca Falls.
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The Most Frequently Asked Travel Questions about Icefields Parkway
