Today was one of the earliest starts but so worth it. We traveled along the Icefields Parkway, considered one of the most scenic highways in the world. We stopped at a shop for lunch and started to layer up for the glacier. My layers were something like leggings and 2 pairs knee high socks under thick fluffy track pants, singlet top, t-shirt, cardigan, jacket and my grouse mountain jacket on top of all that. We then headed to the Columbia Icefield where we would travel to the Athabasca Glacier. The Columbia Icefield is located in Jasper National Park. The Icefield - the largest sub-polar body of ice in North America - is one of the reasons why the United Nations declared Canada's four Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Sites. The Icefield covers 325 square kilometres with
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