Midway Pit Stop Between Banff And Jasper On Icefields Parkway.
The Discovery Centre is located just opposite the Athabasca Glacier on the Icefields Parkway midway between Banff and Jasper. You can walk to the toe of the glacier from the Centre. There is a restaurant and a cafeteria in the Centre, and Glacier View Inn has rooms where you can stay the night.
Our tour bus halted at the Discovery Centre for lunch and some sight-seeing. The Centre was quite crowded with tourists milling around the gift shop, where you can buy clothes and memorabilia from both Banff and Jasper. There is a small museum and an information desk where we got some information about the Columbia Icefields and its glaciers. You can buy tickets for the ‘Glacier Experience’ operated by the Brewster Bus Company which operate the giant Snocoach buses to take you up on the Athabasca Glacier.
A shuttle bus took us from the Centre to the Snocoach Terminal from where we boarded the Snocoach. We had an out-of-the world experience walking on the glacier.
Show lessOur tour bus halted at the Discovery Centre for lunch and some sight-seeing. The Centre was quite crowded with tourists milling around the gift shop, where you can buy clothes and memorabilia from both Banff and Jasper. There is a small museum and an information desk where we got some information about the Columbia Icefields and its glaciers. You can buy tickets for the ‘Glacier Experience’ operated by the Brewster Bus Company which operate the giant Snocoach buses to take you up on the Athabasca Glacier.
A shuttle bus took us from the Centre to the Snocoach Terminal from where we boarded the Snocoach. We had an out-of-the world experience walking on the glacier.
Date of experience: August 2019
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