Jasper National Park Glacier

Lying on a wide elevated plateau it is the largest icefield in the canadian rockies.

Jasper national park glacier. You may cover or discuss glaciers in school but never realize or understand their true significance until. It is the largest national park within alberta s rocky mountains spanning 11 000 km 2 4 200 sq mi. The columbia icefield skywalk experience features waterfalls wildlife fossils and more on an exciting 1 kilometre walkway that leads to a platform where glass is all that separates you from a 918 foot 280 m drop. Step out on a cliff edge walkway where giant glaciers perch above you and the spectacular sunwapta valley spreads out below.

Being from south texas you don t get to see or walk on glaciers very often. Its location is north of banff national park and west of edmonton. Banff jasper glacier national parks welcome to banff jasper glacier national parks sit atop a mountain hike through the forest feel the spray of a waterfall. Jasper national park is a national park in alberta canada.

We toured the athabasca glacier in jasper national park and thoroughly enjoyed our experience. Visiting athabasca glacier one of the jewels of jasper national park by scott shetler alberta canada jasper national park unesco world heritage site there s nothing quite like driving north on the icefields parkway through banff and jasper national parks and seeing the scenery start to change from green to white.