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	The Icefields Parkway And The Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
		Driving through the snow -capped parkway requires a special pass, as its primary objective was and still is to provide a scenic drive and not a transportation corridor.
		The name Icefields Parkway is very appropriate, as you will be able to view the seven mesmerizing icefields or large upland glaciers and approximately twenty- five small ones dating back to the ice age.
		You won’t want to miss the most famous destination along the parkway, the one hundred and twenty five square mile ice cap known as the Columbia Icefield-one of the largest accumulations of ice south of the Arctic Circle, and a remnant of the huge icefields that at one time covered Alberta.
	www.travellady.com /Issues/January05/1146IcefieldsParkway.htm (1099 words)

	Icefields Parkway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Icefields Parkway (French Promenade des Glaciers), also known as Alberta Highway 93, is a scenic road in Alberta, Canada.
		The parkway is very busy in the summer months of July and August with peak traffic flow of 100,000 vehicles per month.
		The parkway is primarily a two lane highway with occasional passing lanes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Icefields_Parkway (431 words)

	Icefields Parkway, Canada
		Icefields Parkway (Highway 93) crosses the northern part of Banff National Park and southern part of Jasper National Park, and forms a link between TransCanada Highway 1 and Yellowhead Highway 16.
		Unlike the busy TransCanada Highway, the Icefields Parkway is purely and simply a sightseeing route through magnificent high mountain scenery.
		Frequent lay-bys and parking places provide opportunities to enjoy the breathtaking views and there are interpretive panels to fill in the background about the landscape and local history.
	www.planetware.com /canada/icefields-parkway-cdn-ab-abi.htm (231 words)

	Canadian Rockies : Icefields Parkway S'06 \| WHERE.ca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Icefields Parkway connects Banff and Jasper national parks, two of seven contiguous Canadian mountain parks that form one of the world's largest protected landscapes.
		Icefield meltwaters eventually flow into three oceans—west to the Pacific, north to the Arctic, and east to Hudson’s Bay and the Atlantic.
		As you drive the Parkway, consider the words of J Norman Collie on discovering the Columbia Icefield in 1898: “The view that lay before us in the evening light was one that does not often fall to the lot of modern mountaineers.
	www.where.ca /canadianrockies/article_feature~listing_id~65.htm (836 words)

	The Crossing Resort: Icefields Parkway Accommodations in the Canadian Rockies - Location
		Travel along the Icefields Parkway and discover for yourself the wonderful scenery and nature, still unspoiled, that these first visitors were able to enjoy.
		There are many trail heads along the Icefields Parkway that range in ability from the very easy strolls to half day hikes and overnight hiking expeditions.
		The Icefields Parkway is a great route for viewing a variety of wildlife that make Banff and Jasper National Parks their home.
	www.thecrossingresort.com /location.html (774 words)

	Icefields Parkway - Wikitravel
		The Icefields Parkway [1] is the primary north-south route through the Canadian Rockies in Alberta Canada.
		The Icefields Parkway is a fifty minute drive west of Banff, two and a half hours west of Calgary and three and a half hours west of Edmonton.
		One highlight of the Icefields Parkway is a visit to the Columbia Icefield, where you can ride on a Snocoach right up onto the glacier itself and get out and walk around on the ice.
	www.wikitravel.org /en/Icefields_Parkway (390 words)

	Lake Louise Sightseeing Tour Yoho National Park Icefields Parkway Columbia Glacier Tour
		Glaciers and icefields are one of the most fascinating aspects of the mountain environment in the Canadian Rockies.
		Although the Columbia Icefield is the largest in the Canadian Rockies and considered to be one of the top attractions in the area, it is only possible to view a small portion of it from the highway.
		These two icefields together represent an enormous expanse of ice and are surrounded by a majority of the highest peaks in the Rockies.
	www.canadarailtours.com /lakelouisesightseeingtours.html (847 words)

	The Timeshare Beat: It's Your World, The Icefields Parkway and The Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
		Driving through the snow -capped parkway requires a special pass, as its primary objective was and still is to provide a scenic drive and not a transportation corridor.
		The name Icefields Parkway is very appropriate, as you will be able to view the seven mesmerizing icefields or large upland glaciers and approximately twenty- five small ones dating back to the ice age.
		You won't want to miss the most famous destination along the parkway, the one hundred and twenty five square mile ice cap known as the Columbia Icefield- one of the largest accumulations of ice south of the Arctic Circle, and a remnant of the huge icefields that at one time covered Alberta.
	www.thetimesharebeat.com /yourworld/icefields.htm (1325 words)

	Driving Tour: Icefields Parkway Drive @ nationalgeographic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The red roof of the little Num-ti-jah Lodge contrasts strikingly with the blue of the lake, the green of the forest, and the minerals in the rocks.
		By the time the parkway was built, the glacier had receded, and a detour was no longer necessary.
		To the north of the falls, the parkway enters the superb Athabasca Valley, the longest and widest in the Rockies.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /destinations/Banff_National_Park/Icefields_Parkway_Drive.html (1382 words)

	Hiking Icefields Parkway - Banff, Jasper, Glacier, Revelstoke and Kootenay National Parks. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Trailhead: Follow the Icefields Parkway to the Num-tijah Lodge access road, on the west side of the highway 36 km north of the Lake Louise junction.
		Trailhead; Follow the Icefields Parkway to the parking area on the west side of the highway, 1 km north of the Saskatchewan River Crossing Service Centre.
		Trailhead: Follow the Icefields Parkway to a parking area 113.5 km north of the Lake Louise junction and 2.5 km north of the "Big Bend switchback; parking area on northeast side of highway.
	www.alberta-travel.com /files/Hiking-Icefields-Parkway.html (652 words)

	Icefields Parkway Banff. Links to Jasper, Glacier, Revelstoke and Kootenay National Parks. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Because the Icefields Parkway is not a through-road like the Trans-Canada, all vehicles traveling it must have a national park pass.
		The first Banff-Jasper road was built as a relief-work project during the depression years of the ‘30's; the present Icefields Parkway was completed in the early ‘60's.
		Many trails lead from the Icefields Parkway to backcountry areas; trailheads are shown on the map overleaf.
	www.alberta-travel.com /files/Banff-Park-Icefields-Parkway.html (1016 words)

	Icefields Parkway - Pg. 1
		The Icefields Parkway runs the 147 miles between Jasper and Lake Louise in Alberta.
		It is a parkway - not a transportation corridor and large trucks are banned.
		They named this road the Icefields Parkway because there are glaciers and icefields of all sizes, shapes and types topping off, hanging from and spilling out onto gigantic imposing mountains around every bend of this wonderful winding road.
	www.maliasrv.com /Pages/ALASKA/ReturnTrip/IcefieldsParkway.htm (361 words)

	Icefields Parkway Photoessay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		There is a large visitors center and hotel/restaurant near the icefields; the camp ground is a few kilometers further south.
		My first time on the Parkway was in late June of 1982, and it was a hot climb indeed as I came up from the south.
		More icefield parkway photos and stories will be added soon and are welcome from readers.
	www.cyclingscholar.com /icefields.html (445 words)

	Icefields Parkway, Alberta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Some sources quote the Icefields Parkway as running between Banff and Jasper.
		Strictly speaking the name Icefields Parkway refers only to Highway 93 between the town of Lake Louise and Jasper.
		The Icefields Parkway is a high quality paved road, mostly wide, fairly straight and fairly flat.
	freespace.virgin.net /john.cletheroe/usa_can/scenroad/ifpark.htm (510 words)

	Icefields Parkway
		The splendour of the Icefields Parkway (Hwy 93) can hardly be overstated: a 230-kilometre road from Lake Louise to Jasper through the heart of the Rockies, it ranks as one of the world's ultimate drives.
		After 122km, at about its midway point, the Icefields Parkway crosses from Banff into Jasper National Park (about a 2hr drive); you might turn back here, but the divide is almost completely arbitrary, and most people treat the Parkway as a self-contained journey, as we do here.
		Tourist literature often misleadingly gives the impression that the Icefields Parkway is highly developed.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /north_america/canada/about_destin/alberta/icefieldsparkway.html (887 words)

	The Icefields Parkway and the Num-Ti-Jah Lodge - Alberta Rockies, Canada - BootsnAll.com
		Driving through the snow-capped parkway requires a special pass, as its primary objective was and still is to provide a scenic drive and not a transportation corridor.
		The name Icefields Parkway is very appropriate, as you will be able to view the seven mesmerizing icefields or large upland glaciers and approximately twenty-five small ones dating back to the ice age.
		You won't want to miss the most famous destination along the parkway, the one hundred and twenty five square mile ice cap known as the Columbia Icefield - one of the largest accumulations of ice south of the Arctic Circle, and a remnant of the huge icefields that at one time covered Alberta.
	www.bootsnall.com /travelstories/na/sep04bow.shtml (1146 words)

	L.L.Bean: Park Search: Icefields Parkway
		The Icefields Parkway, weaving through Banff and Jasper national parks, is open year-round and travels 143 miles through high country parallel to the Continental Divide.
		The parkway travels through a region that is home to grizzly and fl bears, bighorn sheep, mountain goats, moose and elk.
		While the parkway is open during winter, there are no food, lodging or fuel services available during that time of year.
	www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/1611llt.html (227 words)

	Parks Canada - Jasper National Parks of Canada
		The parkway traverses high country parallel to the continental divide, crossing two mountain passes and countless avalanche paths.
		The Icefield Centre is fully accessible with a long, rather steep ramp on the north side of the building.
		Columbia Icefield, Athabasca Glacier and Icefield Centre at kilometre 103.
	www.pc.gc.ca /pn-np/ab/jasper/visit/visit14_e.asp (530 words)

	The Crossing Resort: Icefields Parkway Accommodations in the Canadian Rockies at the Saskatchewan River Crossing.
		The Crossing Resort: Icefields Parkway Accommodations in the Canadian Rockies at the Saskatchewan River Crossing.
		The Crossing Resort is a family owned and operated resort, located at the Saskatchewan River Crossing, in the heart of the Icefields Parkway and the Canadian Rockies.
		Originally purchased by their father in 1975, the three brothers have managed the resort since that time and are now, along with their mother, the exclusive owners.
	www.thecrossingresort.com (344 words)

	Back up the Icefields Parkway - Jasper - Canada - Travel Blog
		Decided to head up the Icefields Parkway and find accomodation as we went along.
		We stopped at the Columbia Icefield, to do the short walk up to the foot of the glacier.
		The columbia icefield is the largest collection of ice and snow in the whole of the rockies, and is the largest glacial area in the Northern Hemisphere south of the Arctic Circle.
	www.travbuddy.com /blogs/1035/23 (271 words)

	Columbia Icefield - Brewster Snocoach tours and Sightseeing trips in the Canadian Rockies
		The Columbia Icefield is located on the boundary of Banff and Jasper National Parks.
		The continuous accumulation of snow feeds eight major glaciers including the Athabasca, Dome, and Stutfield Glaciers, all visible from the Icefields Parkway.
		The Columbia Icefield is a true "hydrological apex," for its meltwater feeds streams and rivers that pour into the Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific oceans.
	www.columbiaicefield.com (286 words)

	The IceField Parkway Tour
		In winter on a crystal clear day, or in summer when the sun is high in the sky, there is no sight more breathtaking than the mountains and glaciers of the Icefields Parkway (#93 North).
		In the course of a day trip from Lake Louise, you should be able to make it to the Columbia Icefield area and back again, which is the most scenic part of the parkway.
		The highlight of the parkway is, of course, the Athabasca Glacier which comes tumbling off the Columbia Icefield directly towards the road.
	www.discoverlakelouise.com /itineraries/IceFieldsTour.html (416 words)

	Timberline Adventures - Canadian Rockies Bicycle Tours and Adventure Vacations
		Surrounded by lush forests and towering, massive snowclad peaks, the cyclist, for the most part, rides the surprisingly gentle Icefields Parkway through the chain of valleys between the parallel ranges of the Rockies.
		The Icefields Parkway is an integral component of both our Icefields Alpiner and Rambler tours.
		Unique to our program, however, is the marriage of the Parkway with the exciting Golden Triangle that embraces the extension of the Rockies into British Columbia and the adjacent Columbia River Valley.
	www.timbertours.com /CR.html (219 words)

	The Columbia Icefields to Jasper - The Icefields Parkway - Banff and Jasper National Parks
		As you depart from the Icefields Centre, the Parkway dips down slightly and travels along the gravel bed of the upper Sunwapta River for a few kilometres, then climbs abruptly to a viewpoint of Sunwapta Canyon and Mt. Kitchener at kilometre 130.
		Back on the Icefields Parkway, the remainder of the journey in to Jasper is relatively uneventful in terms of scenery as you pass through the forested valley bottom of the Athabasca River.
		The final few kilometres of the Icefields Parkway roll through beautiful aspen stands past the Whistlers Campground and a number of resorts before reaching the end of the line, the town of Jasper.
	www.jaspernationalpark.com /beauty.html (667 words)

	Freewheeling Adventures - The Canadian Rockies from Banff to Jasper along the Icefields Parkway.
		The chances of seeing elk, moose, mountain goats, and grizzly bears on this route are very high, and you will learn how to behave cautiously and respectfully around these magnificent beasts before starting off.
		The parkway is fairly gentle, with a succession of beautiful views.
		Today you will ride along the Icefields Parkway, climbing higher into the Rockies and to the head of Bow Lake where a rustic yet luxurious log lodge is nestled among the peaks.
	www.freewheeling.ca /tours/icefields.htm (1102 words)

	Icefields Parkway \| Icefields Parkway \| cycling tour \| banff jasper national park \| lake louise \| canadian Rockies \| ...
		The spectacular scenery found in the national parks of the Canadian Rockies is unprecedented in North America.
		Stretching an impressive 200 miles (300 km) between the historic towns of Jasper and Banff, the Icefields Parkway traverses beneath some of the most majestic mountains of the world.
		Joining the Icefields Parkway we will make our way to the cozy cabins at Sunwapta Bungalows - our home for the night.
	www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/9264.html (778 words)

	Travel Alberta Canada - Alberta Rocky Mountain Scenic Drives
		Back along the Icefields Parkway, keep veering northwest and you’ll soon see the Weeping Wall, where water from melting snow, high on Cirrus Mountain, leaks through cracks in the seemingly impenetrable cliff face and then plunges downwards as a series of graceful waterfalls (very popular with climbers in the winter).
		Take the 1 km (1/2 mile) access road from the Icefields Parkway to Sunwapta Falls and Canyon and see where the Sunwapta River changes its course abruptly from northwest to southwest, then plummets into a deep canyon producing a spectacular waterfall.
		The tour ends in Jasper, a mountain retreat with all the modern amenities of a city surrounded by breathtaking scenery and an abundance of wildlife.
	www1.travelalberta.com /content/travellingto/take.cfm?roadtripID=7 (604 words)

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