Stretching 232 km through the heart of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site, this world-class stretch of road offers access to a vast wilderness of pristine mountain lakes, ancient glaciers and broad sweeping valleys.
Critical routes running through Alberta's rocky mountains, closed down by a wildfire still raging in Jasper National Park, are now slowly re-opening to traffic.The Icefields Parkway stretches more than 200 kilometres through the heart of the Rockies. After wildfires devastated the community of Jasper, the route is partially re-opening to traffic Friday.
Meanwhile, a southern stretch of the Icefields Parkway, a scenic and highly-travelled route that connects the community of Lake Louise in Banff National Park with the Jasper townsite, will also partially re-open on Friday. Evacuation orders remain in effect throughout Jasper National Park and access to the Icefields Parkway will only extend as far north as the Icefield Centre. The Icefields Parkway will only be accessible from the south via Highway 11 or Highway 1.
With limited visitor safety resources, the Toe of the Athabasca Glacier trail is open but only to authorized operators, officials said.Due to the current strain on park staff and emergency resources, officials are urging visitors to exercise extreme caution. It's expected that firefighting efforts will continue until fall and that the flames will continue burning unfettered for weeks, if not months.As evacuees wait for word on re-entry, they are being granted limited access to the park to survey the damage.
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