Icefields Parkway

Kristen at the Peyto Lake overlook

Typical view from the Icefields Parkway

Driving past the Athabasca Glacier, part of the Columbia Ice Field

The road between Banff and Jasper is the most beautiful road either of us has ever driven.  The drive should take about 4 hours if you don’t stop.  We stopped so much it took us at least 6.

It’s called the Icefields Parkway, and for good reason.  There are constant supplies of glaciers and gorgeous mountain lakes within view from the roadside.  We knew it was going to be pretty nice; we did not know it would be like THIS.  Our Canadian Rockies guidebook sort of underplayed how spectacular the drive would be, and Kristen said afterward she felt she was “underprepared” for the majesty of the place.