Sept 18, 2018. We've arrived at the Athabaska Glacier, which I think is technically part of Jasper National Park. The photos of course don't do it justice, it is very large and impressive. I have a photo without the parking lot, but here is one with it as I find it more authentic:
The mountains to the south of it, and the road that the ice buggies take tourists up to drive and walk on it. We arrived fairly late in the day, so we decided to just hike the trail and see what we could from there.
We started hiking up the trail:
Ed with a marker showing where the glacier edge was in 1982:
The 1992 glacier edge marker:
II had two more photos in here to show you but the server rejected them, twice! Weird, as they are the same format and batch as the rest. Moving along, here is the glacier at the closest viewing point:
Heading back towards the parking lot, we pass by this pretty little lake:
Just another view of the beautiful mountains surrounding the glacier:
Next few photos are of the drive back down the Icefields parkway:
Since it's not quite dark yet as we get to Lake Louise, we decide to try our luck and see if we can get parked. Will we succeed? Stay tuned!
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