Columbia Icefield Banff

I was looking forward to the trip today that would take us to the Columbian Icefields. Pam was our guide a South African who had returned to her father's country when she became worried about the violence in Johannesburg. Unfortunately there was no microphone in the coach so we made a small detour to the beautiful Vermillion Lakes while they sorted …

Today we left Banff and drove along the Icefields Parkway. Unfortunately again due to the time of year, many of the side roads to the lookouts were closed due to snow (including Peyto Lake whIch is an incredible lookout during summer). However this didn't matter because the views of the mountains, waterfalls, lakes, glaciers and wildlife along the …

... their color from suspended glacial sediment ground from the movement of ice over rock, known as rock flour. We visit the spectacular Columbia Icefield, which is so bright I get a headache from the blinding reflection of the sun on the ice. This ...

... , waterfalls and wildlife were abundant. The mountains here are the highest, most rugged and the most scenic in all the Rockies. COLUMBIA ICEFIELD - Coivering an area the size of Vancouver (325 sq km) and as thick as 300m, the Columbia Icefield is ...

... of 12 Squaddies from the good ol' British Army on Survival Training out on the nearby icefields!! Hurrah for us!! We went to the Columbia Icefield and went up in Sno-bus up onto the glacier (much easier than the last time i negotiated the Franz Josef ...

... River Stanley Falls Tangle Falls – Easy climb to get up close the water and ice Stutfield Glacier Sunwapta Glacier Mt Kitchener Columbia Icefield – it’s possible to get on to the ice, but it’s a long walk or an expensive bus ride ...

... this particular tour. Instead, we stayed behind and visited the Icefield Centre which features interpretive displays about the Columbia Icefield.  The glaciers that are visible from our perspective are fingers of the giant Columbia Icefield, which ...

We took a day to drive from Japser to Banff via the Columbia Icefield and Lake ...

... had suggested we stopped to go on to the Columbia Icefield.    Everything about this terrain is Enormous, and the Columbia Icefield is no exception.  We were taken up onto the ice field on an ice explorer which has been specially ...

... haben wir die Umgebung genauer angeschaut und doch das eine oder andere Interessante gesehen. Z.B. Werden hier Touren auf den Columbia Icefield angeboten. Dies werden wir mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit diese Woche noch machen. Desweiteren kann man den ...

... is the largest national park in the Canadian Rockies, spanning 10,878 km².  The park includes the glaciers of the Columbia Icefield, hot springs, lakes, waterfalls and, of course, mountains. Wildlife in the park include elk, caribou, moose, ...

... , wild and spectacular."  That about sums it up. After our visit to the Sunwapta Falls, we took a tour on  the Columbia Icefield to the Athabasca Glacier.  You can't drive up the Glacier, but a tour bus takes you so far, and then the ...