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The Columbian Icefields  
   

The Columbian Icefields

If you look closely, the tiny pepper like black dots in the snow near the top are actually the buses taking ice walkers up the mountain.
The Columbia Icefields & Jasper National Park

June 21st 2009
The largest accumulation of ice south of the Arctic Circle, straddling two Canadian National Parks and two provinces, and with meltwaters flowing into the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic oceans, the Columbia Ice Field is immense! Named for the mighty glaciers that flank its west side, the 143 miles between Lake Louise and Jasper offers some of the most spectacular scenery on this continent. Th ... read more
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