The ice is 365 metres 1 200 feet thick about the height of the empire state building.
Tours of glacier national park and banff.
Avoid the winter months when the icefield centre is closed and conditions can sometimes render the icefields parkway impassable.
Glacier national park banff 2 nights today you will exit glacier national park through west glacier and head north back into canada.
Plus glacier national park is only 4 hours away making it a great opportunity for a road trip.
This nine day tour through the canadian rockies and montana s glacier national park is an adventure filled with wild history wild scenery wildlife and wild rides.
You will travel onto the glacier in a specially designed ice explorer that will take you directly onto a 10 000 year old sheet of ice.
Be sure to bring a sweater or light jacket it may snow at anytime during your 1 1 2 hour ice explorer ride.
Tavel along the windermere banff highway one of the most scenic drives in british columbia.
Then enter kootenay national park and drive through sinclair canyon.
Aboard a famous vintage red jammer a massive ice explorer a glass walled boat and even a flightseeing helicopter should you choose you ll relish the best views of big skies bighorn sheep and even bigger bears.
Go before lunchtime or after 3pm to avoid peak visiting hours.
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So i decided to take a road trip from banff national park to glacier national park including nearby yoho and jasper national park.