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Monday, September 2, 2019

Athabasca Glacier

103 km south of Jasper on the Icefields Parkway, stop at the Columbia Icefield Center.


The Icefield Center is open mid April to mid October. You can purchase tours to the Athabasca Glacier, learn about glaciers and watch a 25-minute film "Through Ice & Time." There is also a restaurant and a gift shop.


Across the highway from the Icefield Center, you can hike to the Toe of the Athabasca Glacier. It's a 1.4 km roundtrip moderate hike that takes about an hour.


The glacier has receded significantly.


Signs highlight where the glacier was through the years. In 1992, the glacier reached this point.



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