The Icefields Parkway (Hwy 93N) will close this weekend for avalanche control work. Avalanche specialists are forecasting that a winter storm will hit Jasper and Banff National Park this weekend, bringing as much as 40 cm of snow. To manage the avalanche hazard on the Icefields Parkway, road closure...

Parks Canada is temporarily closing the Icefields Parkway today (Saturday, December 7) for avalanche control. The Icefields Parkway (Hwy 93N) will be closed from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. from Parker Ridge to Big Bend. “This will allow necessary avalanche control work to safely take place,” a media statemen...