Upon leaving Lake Moraine & Lake Louise both located inside Banff Natl Park we continued into Jasper Natl Park & traveled along the Icefields Parkway. What an incredible experience! The views were indescribable & they were all those types of viewing experiences where no photo could do them justice. The 143 mi. parkway is located between Lake Louise & the town of Jasper & the west side is flanked by beautiful & mighty glaciers. It is the largest accumulation of ice south of the Arctic Circle & we were amazed by the fact that these melting glaciers feed into 3 of the world's oceans - the Atlantic, the Pacific, & the Arctic. The center of the parkway is called Icefield Centre & it is where the Columbia icefields is located as well as a huge information center with a cafeteria & gift shop. We stopped there & immediately signed up for the 2 hour tour on the Ice Glacier tour bus which takes you right onto the surface of the Athabasca Glacier. It was an incredible experience & truly spectacular. We camped that that night in a nearby natl park campground & enjoyed a campfire as well as a lovely view of the glaciers located in the nearby mountains.
