More than a ribbon of tar and gravel, the Icefields Parkway is a meandering journey of stories and adventures. In 1971, Rory Flanagan was fed up. More than 40 years after the first shovel turned the rocky soil to construct a road to connect Jasper to Banff, the route still didn’t have a name. That w...

The Icefields Parkway will reopen at 2 p.m. MST today (Thursday, March 26). Parks Canada has said that a 250-metre section of highway covered in avalanche debris up to 12 metres deep has been cleared and that the road will reopen from the Trans-Canada Highway (Hwy 1) to Jasper. “Using a combination ...

UPDATE (March 26, 12 p.m.): The Icefields Parkway will reopen on Thursday, March 26 at 2 p.m . The Icefields Parkway (Hwy93N) remains closed until further notice after a series of large avalanches brought down by Parks Canada public safety technicians buried the road in several places. Banff Nationa...

The Icefields Parkway (Hwy 93N) is anticipated to close tomorrow (Tuesday, March 17) at 12 p.m. Jasper National Park forecasters are expecting a significant snow storm, which will increase the avalanche hazard and require avalanche control operations. “ Up to92cm of snow may arrive byFridayand rain ...

"Returning to Jasper this summer, I found myself rerooting, as an Albertan who spent most of my adult life abroad." The palette beyond our engine was a blinding white. Not snow, not fog, but something closer to the emptied light that those who brush against death claim to glimpse — a blankness that ...

UPDATED: The Icefields Parkway (Hwy93N) has been reopened. The parkway was closed on Saturday, March 8 through to Monday, March 10 . A winter storm was forecast to hit Jasper and Banff National Park March 9-10, bringing as much as 45 cm of snow, according to Parks Canada. "If the full force of this ...

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...

UPDATED March 3 Closures on the Icefields Parkway (Hwy 93-N) and the Maligne Lake Road have been lifted. Jasper National Park public safety officials were performing avalanche control work. A winter storm which started Wednesday, February 28, deposited snow across Jasper National Park. The snow requ...

The Icefields Parkway (Hwy 93N) is anticipated to close intermittently on Monday (January 29). Avalanche control work will shut down down a 20 km section of the Icefields Parkway between 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. Parks Canada says warmer temperatures in Jasper and Banff National Parks are anticipated to in...

Updated: The Icefields Parkway is open again after intermittent closures on Friday, November 17 for avalanche control work. In preparation for the upcoming avalanche season, Parks Canada is evaluating new tools and procedures for avalanche control work. "Avalanche control work is inherently dangerou...

Parkway closures to start at 3 p.m., April 9 The Icefields Parkway (Hwy 93N) and the Maligne Lake Road are anticipated to close tomorrow (Sunday, April 9) afternoon, Parks Canada is advising. Jasper National Park forecasters are expecting a spring storm to hit Jasper and Banff. The storm will affect...

The Icefields Parkway is back open after being closed intermittently for avalanche work on Wednesday, March 8. Public safety crews required four short closures over the course of the day to conduct the control work. The longest closure lasted 45 minutes, according to Parks Canada. Courtesy Parks Can...

Parks Canada will not close the Icefields Parkway today as planned. The Maligne Lake Road is also open. Snowfall levels from the winter storm forecasted to hit Jasper National Park starting February 12, 2023, were not as significant as expected, Parks Canada says. Still, the agency is advising motor...