Icefields Parkway

Tue 16th Aug. Well the drive down from Jasper to the Icefield Centre lived up to its reputation, therefore lots of scenery shots in the photos. Started with a pleasant 4.6 km loop track around the "Valley of the Five Lakes" - the clearness and turquoise colour in these lakes was amazing. Next stop down the highway was Athabasca Falls, another powerful falls. What was interesting with these falls was some time ago they changed channels, so you get to walk where they use to flow. Stopped at Goats and Glaciers lookout but could not see any goats. Next was Sunwapta Falls, there was the top Falls then walked 1.4km down to 3 lower Falls. I'm actually getting a bit over waterfalls at the moment, been so many over the last week. There was one more further down the road - Tangle Falls which was a nice gentle one. And now it is the Glaciers time. First was Stutfield Glacier, and across the road from the Icefield Centre where we are staying the night is the Athabasca Glacier, which we will walk to the toe of tomorrow.Read more