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Icefields Parkway

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Icefields Parkway

12.25 CADMust-see

Two hundred and thirty kilometres between Banff and Jasper, past a hundred glaciers.

Duration

7 hrs – 10 hrs

Difficulty

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Best time

Early morning departure

Open

Every day

Entry price

12.25 CAD

Highway 93 North links Lake Louise to Jasper over two hundred and thirty kilometres, following the continental divide. It passes a hundred glaciers, and was laid out in the 1930s as a public works scheme during the Depression.

The centrepiece is the Columbia Icefield, a two-hundred-and-thirty-square-kilometre cap that feeds three oceans. The Athabasca Glacier comes down from it to within a few hundred metres of the road, and it retreats about five metres a year — markers along the path show where it stood in each decade.

Getting there

Highway 93 North from Lake Louise. Allow a full day with stops: Peyto Lake, Bow Lake, Athabasca Falls and the icefield.

What the price covers

daily national park admission, adult 18 to 64. Free under 18, $24.50 for a group of up to seven. The pass is valid for every national park.

What to bring

Rules on site

There is no filling station over the two hundred and thirty kilometres apart from Saskatchewan Crossing: fill up before you set off. There is no mobile signal over most of the route, and the road closes in winter storms.

Checked on 30 August 2026 at Parks Canada — Banff, fees

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