Athabasca Falls and Glacier Tour

The Icefields Parkway took us past Athabasca Falls, Sunwapta Falls and Tangle Falls. We couldn’t park with the motorhome at Sunwapta Falls but Athabasca Falls was magnificent! (I’m running out of adjectives!)

Can you see the rainbow?

The Athabasca Glacier is part of a series of glaciers in the Columbia Icefields. We stayed overnight in the parking lot at Athabasca Glacier (what a view!) and took the tour to walk on the ice. They take you to the base of the glacier in a bus and then you transfer to these special vehicles with wide tires that can drive up and down a 37% grade (yikes!) and out on the ice! We used our hiking poles! This has been a trip of many “firsts!”

Judy and Roger walked out on the Glacier Skywalk - an observation platform 918 feet above Sumwapta Valley. I passed on that experience!

Looks like frosting on this mountain!