Icefield Parkway runs north from Lake Louise to Jasper. Nothing but beauty all the way up.
This is one of the overpasses built specifically for wildlife crossing. The government is trying to avoid so many deadly bear/deer/elk/moose and car collisions.
We reached the Athabasca Glacier, which you can park and walk right up to view.
When we visited here in 2007, we were able to walk right up onto the glacier. Now the melt flows in front of it, and people are not allowed anymore.
The melt is all glacial at this time of year, so the water is a milky white.
Weird ice formations, some covered in black dirt.
Luna didn't care for the bridge going over, it was open metal mesh....so she and Darrell returned via a small stream crossing.
She had to go back for a drink.
All the melting glaciers form the Athabasca River, which flows northward to Athabasca falls, not too far south of Jasper.
We passed this somewhat familiar looking structure on the way up. It looks just like the skywalk at the Grand Canyon. Still under construction, they will probably charge a similarly exorbitant fee to walk on it when it's done.
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