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Take your sweet tooth on a 2-1/2 hour to eight-hour trip (depending on your hunger for viewpoints) and you'll pass rack upon rack of hiking, climbing, biking and fishing confections that will accommodate any outdoor appetite. Additional Article Information: =============================== 809 Words; formatted to 65 Characters per Line Distribution Date and Time: 2006-12-12 09:48:00 Written By: Travel Alberta Copyright: 2006, All Rights Reserved Contact Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For more free-reprint articles by Travel Alberta, please visit: http://thePhantomWriters.com/free_content/d/index.shtml#Travel_Alberta ============================================= Special Notice For Publishers and Webmasters: ============================================= If you use this article on your website or in your ezine, We Want To Know About It. 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Located in Banff National Park, 45 mins. west of the Banff townsite, the tiny village provides shopping, lodging (from an all-star hostel to a Relais & Chateaux property), outdoor travel guides, books, maps, meals, automotive services, hiking and tourist information. About 2.5 miles above the village is the lake itself, dominated by the majestic Victoria Glacier and one of Canada's most storied properties, the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise. Aside from ambling around Lake Louise, you can also visit nearby Moraine Lake. Surrounded by a panorama of 10 glaciated summits, Moraine Lake is found at the base of the Continental Divide, the geographic point where all waters flow either west to the Pacific Ocean or east to the Atlantic Ocean. Road Trip Planner >From Lake Louise, the scenic Rocky Mountain drive heads north along the snow- capped Icefields Parkway to Jasper National Park. Stop at Hector Lake, the second largest lake in the park, though if you want to walk, continue a couple of miles further to Bow Lake, where the Bow Lake and Bow Glacier Falls trail offers the best lake walk of the drive. Beyond, the road climbs to Bow Summit (6,300 ft.), the highest point on a Canadian highway, and shortly afterwards passes a sign to the Peyto Lake Lookout. If you stop nowhere else, stop here, and walk the easy 20-minute trail (300 ft. descent) to probably the most breathtaking viewpoint in Alberta's Rockies. Just beyond this area is the Saskatchewan River Crossing, the junction of Highway 11. If you're following outdoor travel guides, they will likely recommend taking a short detour east where you'll discover fantastic tracts of wilderness noted for fishing, trail riding and hiking, such as the Wildland Recreation Area, White Goat Wilderness, Cline River and Abraham Lake. But back on your scenic drive, keep veering northwest and you'll soon see the Weeping Wall, where water from melting snow, high on Cirrus Mountain, leaks through cracks in the seemingly impenetrable cliff face and then plunges downwards as a series of graceful waterfalls (very popular with climbers in the winter). Viewpoints nearby include the Cirrus Mountain Lookout and Bridal Veil Falls, the latter providing access to a rough track to Panther Falls. Two miles further along this scenic drive is a sign marking the start of the Parker Ridge Trail, the second of the walks, en route that you really shouldn't miss: the ridge offers memorable views of the mighty Saskatchewan Glacier. Back on blacktop, next up is the Columbia Icefield where you can take another type of scenic drive, aboard an Ice Explorer right on to the belly of the Athabasca Glacier. From the highway the Athabasca and Dome glaciers are visible and there is a fine view of the glacier-draped north face of Mt. Athabasca at 12,762 ft. (3,490 m). The Interpretive and Information Centre contains a scale model of its impressive 125 sq. mi (325 sq. km) area of glacial ice and snow and an audio-visual presentation they also offer lodging and nearby hiking opportunities. Family Vacations Whether you're empty-nesters or on a family vacation, everyone loves to look for bighorn sheep and goats at Tangle Falls, Stutfield Glacier Viewpoint and Goat Lookout. Stutfield Glacier Viewpoint offers a terrific view of the Sunwapta River, an excellent example of a braided river. The valley bottom is filled with sand and gravel spreading the river across the valley floor in interlacing channels. The Stutfield Glacier features a picturesque pair of ice falls, which spill down the face of Mt. Stutfield. Take the 1/2 mile (1 km) access road from the Icefields Parkway to Sunwapta Falls and Canyon and see where the Sunwapta River changes its course abruptly from northwest to southwest, then plummets into a deep canyon producing a spectacular waterfall. The scenic drive ends in Jasper, a mountain retreat with all the modern amenities of a city surrounded by breathtaking scenery and an abundance of wildlife. Activities include golfing, rafting, fishing, trailriding, hiking, hot springs bathing and a tramway ride to the top of Whistlers Mountain. For a detailed map and points of interest along this scenic drive click here, or download directions. Driving Distances: 237 km/148 mi Other helpful information: * Check out highway information for travel regulations, road conditions and a trip distance calculator. * Find additional cities and towns on our Alberta map. 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