Icefields Parkway
Stretching 230 kilometres from the TransCanada Highway in Banff National Park to the town of Jasper, the Icefields Parkway is one of the most scenic highways in the world. It runs alongside a chain of numerous massive Icefields that straddle the Continental Divide. National Park entry fees must be paid in order to access the Icefields Parkway.
Columbia Icefield Ice Explorer Excursion
Explore the 6-km Athabasca Glacier in Jasper National Park on board large specially designed Ice Explorers. Walk on the glacial ice, formed from snow falling as long as 400 years ago, and even taste pure glacial water.
Minimum Time Required: 1.5 hours
The Icefield Centre
The perfect place to start your “Glacial Experience!” Completed in 1996, the modern and environmentally sensitive Icefield Centre features dining, shopping, information, accommodations, gallery, Parks Canada Interpretive Centre, and the operations base for the Columbia Icefields Ice Explorer Excursion.
Icefield Helicopter Tours
Looking for a Rockies adventure that will take your breath away? Centrally located in the Rocky Mountains, just 40 kilometres east of the Icefield Parkway, you’ll get on board a modern helicopter and take the ultimate tour of the Rockies! Mountains and glaciers surround you as far as the eye can see, something you can’t experience on the coach!
