Columbia Icefield

On Wednesday January 18 my dad and I left for the Columbia Icefields. We were planning to leave two days earlier, but were held up by work and weather. We drove to Blue River and spent the night there. The next morning we drove to Jasper and bought a backcountry camping permit. We then headed to the Icefield Parkway. We parked at the Big Bend. We left our car at 2 pm. This was my first trip using a sled to haul gear. We skinned until it was almost dark, we still couldn’t see the Saskatchewan Glacier our entry point … Read more