The drive from Jasper south to Lake Louise and Banff is called the Icefields Parkway (AKA highway 93) and is considered the longest and most scenic drive in the world.
Views that rival any we've seen in the Tetons and the Himalayas. Lakes, canyons, whitewater, glaciers, wildlife, vistas, snow peaked mountains …
(Mistaya Canyon above and The Weeping Wall below)
Now, when it comes to global warming, I am confused and admit to being on the fence. I cannot literally “see” the big picture and come to terms with the whole global environment, ecosystem and warming thing BUT … I can tell and show you what we have just seen with our own eyes here on one of the largest remaining ice systems in the world.
Again, we will let our pictures tell the story. Each marker shows where the Athabasca Glacier extended to from the Icefield over the last 120 years.
(The Abathasca Glacier is approximately 1/50th the size of the Icefield itself)
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