Jasper National Park Glacier

Jasper national park is a national park in alberta canada.

Jasper national park glacier.

Jasper national park columbia icefield area and the athabasca glacier the columbia icefield is a surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of western canada s mountains. Banff jasper and glacier offer outdoor experiences at their simplest and best. Being from south texas you don t get to see or walk on glaciers very often. Its location is north of banff national park and west of edmonton.

Banff jasper glacier national parks welcome to banff jasper glacier national parks sit atop a mountain hike through the forest feel the spray of a waterfall. It is the largest national park within alberta s rocky mountains spanning 11 000 km 2 4 200 sq mi. The columbia icefield skywalk experience features waterfalls wildlife fossils and more on an exciting 1 kilometre walkway that leads to a platform where glass is all that separates you from a 918 foot 280 m drop. The park contains the glaciers of the columbia icefield springs lakes waterfalls and mountains.

Lying on a wide elevated plateau it is the largest icefield in the canadian rockies. Step out on a cliff edge walkway where giant glaciers perch above you and the spectacular sunwapta valley spreads out below.