The Icefields Parkway in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, was opened in 1941 for visitors to experience spectacular views of mountains, glaciers, turquoise lakes, waterfalls, rivers and wildlife. As cars became more affordable more people travelled to the mountains and the new paved modern parkway officially opened in 1961.

A Canadian National Parks permit is required to travel on the Icefields Parkway.

The road stretches for 230 km from Lake Louise in Banff National Park in the south to Jasper in the north. It took 600 men and 10 years of hard labor to build the highway starting in 1931.

Before the road opened, horse outfitter Jack Brewster led annual “Trail of the Glaciers” packhorse trips between Banff and Jasper. The trips took three weeks one way.

This should be on everyone's list of places to visit and I highly recommend this for your next adventure.

Today I will show you my top spots and most of the highlights on a recent trip of mine through the Icefields Parkway.

►Chapters:
00:00 Intro/History
01:28 Herbert Lake
02:06 Crowfoot Glacier Viewpoint
02:56 Bow Lake and Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
03:54 Bow Summit and Peyto Lake
04:48 Waterfowl Lakes Viewpoint
06:01 Mistaya Canyon
06:45 Saskatchewan River Crossing
07:35 Big Hill Big Bend Viewpoint
08:11 Bridal Veil Falls
08:35 Parker Ridge Trail
09:20 Wilcox Pass Trail
10:10 Athabasca Glacier and the Columbia Icefield
10:58 Columbia Icefield Skywalk
11:41 Tangle Creek Falls
12:36 Sunwapta Falls
13:06 Athabasca Falls
13:46 Outro

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