Today we left Banff to drive 140 miles through Banff and Jasper National Parks on the Icefields Parkway ‘one of the world’s most scenic drives’.

The scenery was amazing throughout the route. Our first stop was at Bow Lake.

We drove on past beautiful lakes, mountains and forests ……

to the Athabasca Glacier, one of 6 glaciers that flow from the Icefields. We rode the Snow Coach to the glacier and were able to walk on it! It was very windy, cold and snowing but exhilarating!

Our next stop was the Athabasca Falls.

We drove on to Jasper, seeing elk on the roadside along with evidence of a devastating forest fire that hit the area in 2024.

After a night in the Forest Park Hotel we will board the Rocky Mountaineer tomorrow!