Last Monday we started driving up the Icefield Parkway (after a long day trying to catch up on internet activities in a hotel lobby in Lake Louise). After a short drive, we stayed overnight at the Waterfowl campsite.
On Tuesday, we stopped at the Columbia Icefields information centre (maybe the 3rd time we've been there). I knew that the glacier had melting back considerably in the last few years, but I was surprised to learn that its tip had been moving out further from the mountain range up until 1848. It has been melting back since 1848.
We spent 4 nights camped in Whistlers campground, just outside of Jasper. We enjoyed a hike to the base of Mount Edith Cavell, and browsing through the town of Jasper. It appeared that the whole town was given a facelift recently, and it appeared to be much more spacious, in and out of the shops, after being in Banff.
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