Motorcycle ride in Alberta

Icefields Parkway

232 km (144 miles), 2 hr 30 min, beginner

The Icefields Parkway links Lake Louise to Jasper through the Canadian Rockies. It runs along Bow Lake, passes near the turquoise waters of Peyto Lake, crosses the North Saskatchewan River, then reaches the Columbia Icefield before Athabasca Falls. No petrol station for more than 200 km; a park pass is required.

Lac Bow. Photo: Yo Hibino, CC BY 2.0, resized

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Stops along the way

SStart: Lake Louise
1Lac Bow, after 37 km (23 miles)
2Saskatchewan River Crossing, after 80 km (50 miles)
3Champ de glace Columbia, after 129 km (80 miles)
4Chutes Athabasca, after 200 km (125 miles)
FFinish: Jasper, after 232 km (144 miles)

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Photos along the route

Lake Louise. Photo: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0, resized

Champ de glace Columbia. Photo: Raman Patel, CC BY 3.0, resized

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Photo: Vintotal, CC BY-SA 3.0, resized

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Sea-to-Sky Highway, from Horseshoe Bay to Whistler

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Photo: Kyla Duhamel, CC BY 2.0, resized

Roads change: passes close in winter, roadworks, rockfalls, local restrictions. Check the road before you set off. MotoLert does not replace road signs or the Highway Code.

Route planned by MotoLert with Valhalla on © OpenStreetMap contributors data (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons, with the author and licence under each image.

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