As we make our final push through Banff and Jasper National Parks our last leg takes us up the Icefields Parkway, past the last of the glaciers in the Rockies. In the US Glaciers National Park they predict the remaining glaciers to be gone before 2020. It is expected to take longer in Canada but they are shrinking at an alarming rate. At the Icefields Center we walked from the parking lot at the toe of the Columbia Icefield, known as the Athabasca Glacier. There are markers along the way to show tourists how far the Glacier has retreated. We were shocked to see the length between the 2000 and where it sits today.
The drive is one breathtaking view after another reminding me of the Cathedrals in Europe. All are special and unique with beauty you can't comprehend, but when you have taken in one to many they begin to run together. We had fantastic weather and it is a magnificent drive to make and we're glad we had the chance to see this before it is gone.
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