Welcome to a world where snow and ice, rock and sky, dominate the land. A world where nature rules, where humans look on in awe.
The Columbia Icefield is the largest mass of ice in the Rocky Mountains. Straddling the boundaries of Alberta and British Columbia as well as Banff and Jasper national parks, the icefield stretches for more than 25 kilometres across the Continental Divide. From its melting snows and many glaciers, waters flow across North America to the Atlantic, the Arctic and the Pacific oceans.
The most accessible part of the icefield is the Athabasca Glacier, a six kilometre tongue of ice flowing to within a kilometre of the Icefields Parkway. Daily during the summer, our guides lead adventurous people from around the world onto this slowly moving river of ice. It's a world few people ever see, let alone experience firsthand. Why not join us, and discover for yourself a world of ice and power
The Columbia Icefield is the largest mass of ice in the Rocky Mountains. Straddling the boundaries of Alberta and British Columbia as well as Banff and Jasper national parks, the icefield stretches for more than 25 kilometres across the Continental Divide. From its melting snows and many glaciers, waters flow across North America to the Atlantic, the Arctic and the Pacific oceans.
The most accessible part of the icefield is the Athabasca Glacier, a six kilometre tongue of ice flowing to within a kilometre of the Icefields Parkway. Daily during the summer, our guides lead adventurous people from around the world onto this slowly moving river of ice. It's a world few people ever see, let alone experience firsthand. Why not join us, and discover for yourself a world of ice and power
Columbia Icefield, Jasper National Park, Canada
Guided interpretive adventures since 1985
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One of the great scenic roads of the world, the Icefields Parkway winds its way 230 kilometres from Lake Louise to Jasper in the Canadian Rockies. The Columbia Icefield is its climax.