The Icefields Parkway
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A D A N A Y M M 16 16 C PYRAMID - HE CEFIELDS ARKWAY A R O O T I P 2762 m S E W R R N P F F H A S Pyramid G M M I R A POINTS OF IN TEREST Lake K J K T H JASPER er 0 230 JASPER TOWNSITE. RCMP Riv a sc a b ROCHE 2 228 Whistlers (May to October) a th BONHOMME A Jasper International WHISTLERS 2459 m 2469 m M a (April to November) li Jasper Tramway g n THE RAMPARTS Five e Amethyst ek tal re Lakes R Jacques 4 226 Wapiti (Summer and Winter) Lakes or C iv P e r Lake 6 224 Junction with Highway 93A. Access to: TEKARRA AQUILA 2693 m 2880 m Marmot Basin Ski Area, Mount Edith Cavell Road (mid June Ast or to mid October: viewpoints, hiking, , Tonquin Valley) i a River Wabasso Beaver and Wabasso. Rejoins parkway at Athabasca Falls. Lake Lake Medicine 9 221 Valley of Five Lakes Lake EDITH CAVELL CURATOR 3367 m 2624 m 14216 Wabasso Lake Moab Lake 93 25 205 Whirlpool Valley, Mount Hardisty, A Whirlpool River Mount Kerkeslin and Mount Edith Cavell HARDISTY Athabasca Falls 2715 m 27 203 Horseshoe Lake es ak 30 200 Athabasca Falls L KERKESLIN e A in 2955 m ld t ra h e a Junction with Hwy 93A G b Maligne a s Lake c 32 198 Athabasca Falls FRYATT a 3360 m R iv 34 196 Mount Kerkeslin e r r e iv 37 193 Goats and Glaciers R CHRISTIE e n SAMSON HOOKER BRUSSELS 3102 m ig Honeymoon l 3076 m 38 192 Mount Fryatt 3160 m a ICEFIELD Lake M 41 189 Mount Christie Osprey Lake Buck Lake UNWIN 3300 m 49 181 Mount Christie Sunwapta Falls E CHARLTON N 3260 m D MALIGNE L 50 180 Honeymoon Lake E 3200 m S S 52 178 Fortress C Buck and Osprey Lakes H Lake MONKHEAD A 3211 m I N 93 54 176 Sunwapta Falls junction R I D Services: (mid-May to mid-Oct) G E BRAZEAU 3525 m Road to Sunwapta Falls: 15 minute walk to lower falls er iv R 60 170 Bubbling Springs Gong Lake a b ha C 72 158 Poboktan Creek r e v i 74 156 Jonas Creek Rockslide CHABA R a GONG r P c ICEFIELD e o s 3121 m v b 77 153 a i Jonas Creek o b NELSON R J k a 3150 m a o ta h t t n n p a A a s 84 146 Mushroom and Diadem Peaks GEC C w C re 3130 m n r e CHABA u e e k MUSHROOM S k 85 145 Beauty Creek 3020 m 3622 m 87 143 Beauty Creek POBOKTAN ALBERTA WOOLEY 3405 m SUNWAPTA 3622 m 94 136 Stutfield Glacier 3317 m Stanley JASPER Falls 96 134 Tangle Falls. Watch for sheep! B STUTFIELD e a NATIONAL 3453 m u ty 97 133 Sunwapta Canyon, Mount Kitchener C PARK Brazeau THE TWINS r e Lake 3561 m / 3686 m Tangle e 103 127 ICEFIELD CENTRE C k (May 1 to Oct 15) re COLUMBIA e KITCHENER k 3750 m Services: Parks Canada Information and Exhibits, 3505 m 0 Brewster Ice Explorer tours and guided icewalks SNOWDOME 5 3459 m ICEFIELD CENTRE 0 104 126 Columbia Icefield 3 k e COLUMBIA e r 106 124 Wilcox Creek C ICEFIELD SUNWAPTA PASS Wilcox Pass 2030 m l ATHABASCA e ig 3493 m N 0 108 122 Sunwapta Pass. Boundary between Banff and Jasper National Parks. 4 111 119 Hilda Creek BANFF 112118 Parker Ridge NATIONAL CIRRUS 3270 m 116114 Nigel Pass PARK 0 2 SASKATCHEWAN 0 117113 Bridal Veil Falls 3 3344 m ] 117113 North Saskatchewan River, Cirrus Mountain Alex andra River 119111 Saskatchewan Glacier COLEMAN 3135 m 124 106 Weeping Wall AMERY Pinto 3329 m Lake 0 129 101 Alexandra Trail, Castleguard Meadows, Thompson Pass LY ELL 2 3520 m art amp C R r 131 99 Coleman Creek e e m 0 k LYELL rcto ys Cree 1 137 93 A k Sunset Pass and Sunset Lookout ICEFIELD WILSON 140 90 Mounts Amery and Saskatchewan ICEFIELD ERASMUS 3265 m WILSON 0 3261 m 1 142 88 Rampart Creek MONS ICEFIELD Glacier 152 78 Glacier Lake Lake 153 77 Saskatchewan River Crossing. r s e e iv r t R North FORBES e Services (mid-March to mid-November): e S 3612 m s a s sk m a e w o tc l l i o Junction with David Thompson Highway (#11) h i H e 0 0 SARBACH w K M 3127 m a r n e R CORONATION KAUFMANN v i MURCHISON iv 11 3170 m 3109 m R e 3333 m r a y EPAULETTE a FRESHFIELD t 3095 m s 3337 m i TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE M CHEPHREN TOTEM NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE (175 km) 3266 m FRESHFIELD 3155 m HOWSE Waterfowl Lakes ICEFIELD 3290 m o Between 1799 and 1875, Chephren Lake N ye s five different fur trading Cirque Lake C r ARIES posts existed along the Mistaya 2996 m Lake NOYES banks of the North S 3084 m i lv Saskatchewan River. e rh o r PATTERSON n The explorations that 3197 m WEED were carried out from 3080 m Rocky Mountain House CALDRON Peyto OBSERVATION Lake 3174 m 154 76 Howse and Mistaya River Valleys 2917 m by David Thompson and others played a key role PEYTO BOW PASS 2970 m 156 74 2067 m in determining the future THOMPSON shape of Canada. 159 71 Mistaya Canyon, Sarbach Lookout, Howse Pass 3065 m CIRQUE WAPTA 173 57 Bow 2993 m Waterfowl Lake ICEFIELD Lake Lake Chephren Lake, Cirque Lake Katherine CROWFOOT 174 56 Waterfowl Lakes, Mts. Chephren and Howse 3050 m 93 DOLOMITE 2782 m BOW Mosquito LEGEND 182 48 Snowbird Glacier 2868 m C re BALFOUR e k Major Highway 190 40 Turnoff to Bow Summit area 3272 m Peyto Lake WAPUTIK Hector Minor Highway ICEFIELD Lake 193 37 Bow Glacier Mountain Peak DALEY r Bow Glacier Falls e Glacier/Icefield v i R MOLAR Turnoff for services: 3002 m Viewpoint w o B HECTOR 196 34 Bow Lake Trailhead 3394 m 197 33 Crowfoot Glacier McCCaOmNpNgEroLuLnd Helen and Katherine Lakes, Dolomite Pass Picnic Site CYCLONE 206 24 Mosquito Creek 3042 m DRUMMONDWarden Station Molar Pass Lake Hostel 21218 Hector Lake VICTORIA Louise 3459 m PTARMIGAN Visitor Centre LAKE 3059 m 21416 Hector Lake LOUISE Food & Lodging REDOUBT DOUGLAS 2902 m 227 3 Herbert Lake 3235 m Fuel TEMPLE Telephone 230 0 Junction: Trans-Canada Highway and Icefields Parkway 3543 m Y A R M M A Tramway D E LAKE LOUISE: 2km ( RCMP ) O O P A W R R S N H F F BANFF A : 59 km A G I J M M C - H K K S N BONNET A 3235 m R T.