Athabasca Glacier Snow Trip from Banff

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Visit Canada’s famous glaciers on a full-day seasonal excursion from Banff. Your personalized small group tour takes you through an awe-inspiring landscape carved by glaciers and remnants from the last ice age, as you travel along the Icefields Parkway, one of the world’s most scenic highways.

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Duration: 11 hours
Starts: Banff, Canada
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips



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Visit Canada’s famous glaciers on a full-day seasonal excursion from Banff. Your personalized small group tour takes you through an awe-inspiring landscape carved by glaciers and remnants from the last ice age, as you travel along the Icefields Parkway, one of the world’s most scenic highways.

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Stop At: Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre, Highway 93 Icefields Pkwy, Improvement District No. 12, Jasper National Park, Alberta T1L 1J3 Canada

Departing from the centre, you’ll climb aboard the Ice Explorer (a six-wheeled behemoth of a vehicle) and drive across the surface of this glittering sheet of ice. Getting thirsty? You’ll have a chance to drink pure, cold water straight from the glacier.

Them, be transported to the glass floor Glacier Skywalk, hanging from the edge of the Sunwapta Valley at 918-foot (280 m), for unparalleled views of the canyon below and mountains around you.

Duration: 3 hours

Pass By: Icefields Parkway, Banff National Park, Alberta Canada

This tour travels halfway along the world-famous Icefields Parkway, recognized as one of the top drives in the world passing numerous Rocky Mountain peaks, glaciers, waterfalls and emerald lakes.

Stop At: Crowfoot Glacier, Improvement District No. 9, Banff National Park, Alberta Canada

A brief stop provides one of the day’s many up close glacier views.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Bow Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta Canada

You will visit Bow Lake, one of Banff National Park’s largest lakes. Bow Lake is fed by meltwater from the Bow Glacier in the Wapta Icefield and lies at the base of Bow Summit.

Duration: 20 minutes



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