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 ...

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...

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...

Road closures have stranded visitors and staff in Jasper National Park’s subalpine. Guests of the Miette Bungalows operation in Jasper National Park have been stuck at the Miette Hotsprings area—without access to the hotsprings facility—for more than 24 hours after heavy snow and rain washed out the...