We crossed Sunwapta Pass and entered Jasper National Park. Shortly after, we stopped at the Icefield Centre. We visited the Athabasca Glacier. It was not as exciting for Vicky and me since we were in Antarctica just a couple of years ago and did plenty of cavorting on glaciers. But it was still fun. The first photo is the Athabasca Glacier from the Icefield Centre building. You can see it more zoomed in by looking at the second photo. In both photos, you can see the Ice Explorer vehicles going to or from the toe of the glacier. The Ice Explorer vehicle climbs up and down a 32% grade to get there and back.

In the third photo, you can see Vicky and myself standing at the glacier’s toe. We drank glacial melt, took photos, and cavorted around the glacier. And in case you are curious to know just how big those Ice Explorer vehicles are – which looked so small in the first two photos, you can see April standing by ours in the last photo.