Columbia Icefield Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
icefield located in the Park Ranges of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta and British Columbia
About Columbia Icefield
The Columbia Icefield is about325km(125sqmi)in area and is the largest region of ice and snow in mainland North America south of the Arctic Circle. Melting snow and ice feed rivers that drain into the Atlantic, the Pacific and the Arctic Oceans. This makes that point, the summit of Snow Dome, one of only 2 hydrologic apexes in North America. There are 8 glaciers making up the Icefield but only three can be seen from the Icefield Parkway. The area can get as much as much as 10 m (33 ft) of snow each year. A warming climate and less snow each winter has seen all of the Icefield's glaciers retreat over the past century. The average elevation of the Icefield is about 3,000 m with Mt Columbia being the highest point (and the highest point in Alberta) at 3,747 m (about 12,300 ft). This peak
Top Attractions in Columbia Icefield
Explore the best things to see and do in Columbia Icefield:
- ★Columbia Icefield Adventure
- ★Columbia Icefield Skywalk
- ★Icefield Centre
- ★Ice Walk
Where to Stay in Columbia Icefield
- 🏨Hostelling International's Hilda Creek Hostel
- 🏨Icefield campground
- 🏨Icefields Centre RV
- 🏨The Glacier View Inn
- 🏨Wilcox Creek campground
Columbia Icefield Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 12 sections including: