{"id":663,"date":"2005-10-31T19:54:24","date_gmt":"2005-10-31T19:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travellingtruths.wordpress.com\/?p=663"},"modified":"2018-11-07T21:00:05","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T10:00:05","slug":"icefields-parkway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slingadventures.com\/destinations\/canada\/icefields-parkway","title":{"rendered":"Icefields parkway"},"content":{"rendered":"Snow drifts sweep across the road. Elk and deer dart in front of the headlights. We'd stop if there were any towns nearby yet we must push on to Jasper before the storm takes a firmer hold. The Icefields Parkway is living up to it's name.\r\n\r\nIn as many months we are on the second of Canada's most iconic and picturesque drives. Having driven the Cabot trail only a few weeks prior we now navigate the Icefields Parkway stretching 210km from Jasper in the north to Banff in the south passing Lake Louise along the way as well as many other lakes, rivers, streams, mountains and glaciers. It's late October and winter is rapidly approaching so we are aiming to get this drive in before winter closes in.\r\n\r\nWe leave Jasper with our first stop being Athabasca falls. A tonne of water is going through a narrow chasm. It's cold and water must be freezing! The bridge going over the falls gives an eerie view to the depths below. Second stop we visit Sunwapta falls. Feels colder still. Most trails and sites that are normally set up for tourists are closed for the season. We see the familiar 'Ferme' (closed) sign again and again.\r\n\r\nWe stop at the Columbia glacier which is one of the most popular attractions along the parkway. Normally you can get a \u00a0caterpillar like tractor ride on to the glacier. Of course this was Ferme for the winter so we walked up instead. We spent about 20 minutes poking around on the glacier itself trying not to fall into a crevasse before making our way back to the car.\r\n\r\nOnwards to Peyto Lake which is often used in travel brochures for it's blue green water. Caused from the glacial water. We had cooked up some soup into a thermos that morning so cracked it open for a spot of lunch by the lake. Perfect on this crisp cold day. The soup having been picked up in Edmonton so all our supplies coming into action!\r\n
Snow drifts sweep across the road. Elk and deer dart in front of the headlights. We’d stop if there were any towns nearby yet we must push on to Jasper before the storm takes a firmer hold. The Icefields Parkway is living up to it’s name. In as many months we are on the second […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,462],"tags":[412,381,438],"yoast_head":"\n