World’s most beautiful mountain drive

Today we said our goodbyes to the Canmore / Banff / Lake Louise area. The next couple of days we are going to be spending exploring the Jasper area. The drive to Jasper is done on the Icefield Parkway which is a 232 km stretch of highway that runs through Banff and Jasper National Parks. Along the route you will see soaring mountains, waterfalls, sweeping valleys and many rivers and lakes.

If you drive straight through from Canmore to Jasper, it will take you three and a half hours. We left at 10:00am and arrived in Jasper at 6:30pm. The following is a list of the highlights of our eight and a half hour drive:

Lunch at Mosquito Creek Campground which is next to the the Bow River

What a great spot

 

Crowfoot Glacier

 

Bow Lake

Bow Lake

 

Waterfowl Lake

Waterfowl Lake

 

Weeping Wall

 

Weeping Wall

 

Big Bend

Construction on the Big Bend

 

Bridal Veil Falls

Bridal Veil Falls

 

Hiking to almost the toe of the Athabasca Glacier and seeing how far the glacier has receded

Athabasca Glacier

We made it

Car park down in the distance

It is sad how much it has receded

 

Tangle Creek Falls

Tangle Creek Falls

 

Goats

Mama and baby
This baby was hot

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