Icefield Parkway

After checking out of the hotel, we drove down to Lake Louise village to buy a packed lunch and to top the car up with gas. Then we hit the Icefield Parkway, heading towards Jasper. The drive to Jasper, at about 240Km, should, in theory take about 3 hours. Hahaha. No chance. The eyes are not big enough to take in the seemingly endless procession of mountain, lake and glacial views. There are many stopping places at specific beauty spots, and it is almost impossible not to stop at all of them. Particular highlights were The Crow's Foot Glacier, Bow Lake (where we had our packed lunch), Peyto Lake and the Athabasca Glacier, which is on the edge of the Colombia Icefield. We stopped at many more places along the way and passed by many that we wished we had had the time to stop at. (There is always next time).
Peyto Lake