Skywalk Athabasca Glacier Jasper National Park

Exploring jasper national park on your own can mean lots of driving but you are free to enjoy the view on this scenic tour of maligne valley medicine lake and maligne lake.

Skywalk athabasca glacier jasper national park.

You may cover or discuss glaciers in school but never realize or understand their true significance until you actually see one. Athabasca glacier and skywalk. Frequent stops for short walks ensure plenty of time to stretch your legs and you have the choice between a guided hike at maligne lake or a boat cruise to spirit island. Visiting athabasca in jasper national park athabasca is right across the street from the columbia icefields visitor center aka discovery center.

Being from south texas you don t get to see or walk on glaciers very often. Step out on a cliff edge walkway where giant glaciers perch above you and the spectacular sunwapta valley spreads out below. We toured the athabasca glacier in jasper national park and thoroughly enjoyed our experience. That s the spot where visitors can buy tickets to jasper s famous skywalk the glass floor that extends off the side of the hill.

Jutting out from the side of a jasper national park cliff the elevated glass bottomed columbia icefield skywalk also known as glacier skywalk is an exhilarating if somewhat unnerving way to experience the epic untouched landscapes of the canadian rockies. Frequent stops for short walks ensure plenty of time to stretch your legs and you have the choice between a guided hike at maligne lake or a boat cruise to spirit island. The columbia icefield skywalk experience features waterfalls wildlife fossils and more on an exciting 1 kilometre walkway that leads to a platform where glass is all that separates you from a 918 foot 280 m drop. While pictures are beautiful i haven t found that they even remotely do it justice they mostly end up very white.