Icefields Parkway

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The Icefields Parkway

A journey through Banff National Park and Jasper National Park

Linking Lake Louise with Jasper is one of the most beautiful journeys on the planet – the Icefields Parkway, Alberta's Highway 93.

The Icefields Parkway is rated as one of the top drives in the world by Condé Nast Traveller.

It's open year-round and offers a 232 km stretch of double-lane highway with soaring rocky mountain peaks, icefields, a variety of wildlife, birds, and vast sweeping valleys.  Prepare to be amazed during the best road trip of your life.

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The Icefields Parkway is 227 km of mountain road built between Jasper and Lake Louise. View our maps of popular stops, places to stay and things to do.

  • Popular Stops Along The Way
  • Jasper Map
  • Lake Louise Map
  • Downloadable Guide Map
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Mountain landscape overlooking Waterfowl Lake, showing still blue water and sunlit rocky peaks. Bridal Veil Waterfall cascading down a rocky cliff surrounded by dense evergreen forest. Athabasca Falls covered in snow and ice, with tall evergreens and a rugged mountain rising behind the frozen canyon. A stacked rock cairn in the foreground with Bow Glacier Falls cascading down the cliff behind it, surrounded by rocky terrain and low shrubs. Aerial view of Bow Lake with bright turquoise water surrounded by rugged mountains and forest with a lodge and road in the foreground. Silhouette of two people sitting on a rocky lookout facing a bright turquoise lake and mountain valley at Bow Summit. Columbia Icefields3 Sunset over a snow-covered Bow Lake with frost formations on the frozen surface and Crowfoot Mountain silhouetted in the background The Glacier Skywalk extending over a cliff with mountain peaks and a forested valley below. Explore icefields parkway B11 2h Colorful alpine flowers below the rocky cliffs and glacier of Mount Edith Cavell on a clear day. Back view of two women trail running on open grassland with towering mountain cliffs and patches of snow ahead. View of a red Jasper SkyTram carrying passengers above the landscape, showing forests, waterways, and surrounding peaks. Visitors relaxing by the water below the Lake Agnes Tea House, surrounded by rocks and dense forest on a clear summer day. MRI Winter Seasonal Lighting Two hikers stand on a rocky slope overlooking a broad mountain valley with golden larch trees and turquoise lakes below. Cyclists pedaling on a quiet stretch of the Icefields Parkway with a lakeside mountain backdrop beside Bow Lake and a passing recreational vehicle nearby. A group of cyclists stands with their bikes in front of a support van and trailer, with forested mountains and a glacier in the background. A woman and a young child hike along the Parker Ridge trail with glacier-covered mountains in the background, while other hikers walk ahead on the path. Tangle Creek Falls Mountain Top Meal Scenic view of a white tour boat on Maligne Lake near a cluster of evergreen trees on an island, with tall Rocky Mountain peaks in the background. Three people skating and playing hockey on a frozen lake surrounded by steep, snow-covered mountains at Lake Louise. Winter view of Peyto Lake from the viewpoint, with two guests looking over the frozen lake and rugged peaks glowing in evening light

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