On the vast track
It is not until I stand beneath a glacier thousands of years old, or beside a lake the colour of crushed green gemstone, that the spirit of Canada's mountain country takes on a piercing reality.
I'm in the Rocky Mountains, exploring by road and rail. This morning I'm standing on the platform at Jasper. A green-roofed building houses a shop and cafe with outdoor tables beneath a sign that reads Trains & Lattes. Two hundred years ago you might have found fur traders here but no train. Snow peaks encircle us and 3956m Mt Robson, the highest summit in the range, is just to the northwest.
Geographically midpoint on my Insight Vacations' Grand Canadian Rockies tour, Jasper is where we turn on our heels and head back to Vancouver, our starting point 11 days ago.
We've stayed en route at Whistler, Kelowna, Banff, Field and Jasper, exploring on foot and by boat in inclusions and add-on tours. A two-day Rocky Mountaineer journey is our final leg.
Soon after setting out, I began thinking of this as the Insight Passage. Our guide, Andrea Dionne (Happy Feather), French-Canadian with First Nations heritage, is quirky and funny and can tell us everything we want to know and more.
Via Vancouver and Vancouver Island -- past flower-strewn pasturelands, barns with roofs that resemble overturned boat hulls and First Nations settlements; past Squamish, Sicamous, Owl Head and Kicking Horse River -- we've come face to face with the sublime peaks.
As we have climbed from sea level, the drama of the landscape has gathered momentum daily. Lakes have become icy-green, and glaciers, at first like distant clouds wedged between mountains, are now so close we've walked on one. In Jasper National Park, the Rockies' largest, we've cruised on Maligne Lake beneath high ice fields and forested slopes to Spirit Island.
Along the Icefields Parkway, more rustic country road than slick motorway -- where signs read "Bear alert", "Do not get out of your car", "All bears are dangerous" and "You are in avalanche country" -- we've ventured on to the Columbia Icefield in a cumbersome tank-like ice explorer.
Walking on the toe of the Athabasca Glacier -- 6km long, 1km wide, 300m deep -- we've tasted a handful of pure melt water laced with diamond shards of ice. On a Mt Edith Cavell walking trail, the ethereal Angel Glacier, like the Winged Victory of Samothrace, stretched its monumental, feathery wings above us. Postcard prettiness has become three-dimensional in environments rich in ancient geology, forest and animal lore.
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Geographically midpoint on my Insight Vacations' Grand Canadian Rockies tour, Jasper is where we turn on our heels and head back to Vancouver, our starting point 11 days ago. We've stayed en route at Whistler, Kelowna, Banff, Field and Jasper,
During the tour, passengers can safely step out onto the glacier and walk on the ancient ice. Tours depart every 15 to 30 minutes from the Icefield Centre on the Icefields Parkway. A different way to explore the Rockies during winter is to hook
Scenic Tours Book a combination seven-night Alaska cruise with Holland America Line or Princess Cruises and a rail tour of the Canadian Rockies by October 15 and fly free to Canada. Priced from $9345 a person, twin share.
Bayley wove his way through mountain passes and across deserted valleys of the Continental Divide from the Canadian Rockies to the Mexican Plateaus, while carrying everything he needed with him except food. He pushed through snow, rain,
For many of his 41 years, Ian Martin would go to the family cabin in Jasper and remembers thinking that people riding bicycles in the high Canadian Rockies were crazy. That didn't change until a health scare led him to drop more than 100 pounds and
Trans-Canada Train Tours - Canadian Rockies Trains
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Trans Canada train journeys conjure up notions of classic rail adventures. And this year we have significantly expanded our Trans Canada rail options to give travelers even more opportunity to enjoy this wonderful experience.
Package range in length from a compact 4 night, three day straight shot from Vancouver to Toronto or Toronto to Vancouver.
At the opposite end of the spectrum is a leisurely 18 day trip with nights on the trains in private bedrooms, stays at historic Fairmont hotels and resorts, and a concluding, or commencing, night in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
In between there are 7, 12 and 16 night trips that combine the Canadian Rockies with train travel and big cities. The 12 and 16 day trips include two trains: the Rocky Mountaineer and The ViaRail Canadian.
We have included seven Trans Canada train options. Some go between Vancouver and Toronto, others include Montreal and/or Quebec City. And some go all the way from Vancouver to Halifax, a journey of more than 6000 kilometers. These packages are available with starts in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal or Halifax.
If you prefer a custom Trans Canada train trip, Email , call 800-913-9207 or 604-990-9299 and we will put together a trip that’s just the right for you. Custom trips are never more expensive and than the train packages you see here.
Trans Canada Packages Your own private berth on the ViaRail Canadian from Vancouver to Jasper with two nights in Jasper. Explore Jasper National Park beginning with an evening wildlife tour and a soak at Miette Hot Springs, a visit to the famed Columbia Icefield with an Ice Explorer expedition onto the Athabasca Glacier. The following morning you rise early in search of wildlife on this tour to Maligne Lake, and a Maligne Lake cruise. Then it’s back on the train for three nights and two days to TorontoEmbark on this 12 day odyssey that includes two unique train journeys, the peaks, glaciers and emerald lakes of the Canadian Rockies. Stay in both Banff and Jasper National Parks, including a night the magnificent Chateau Lake Louise, before boarding ViaRail’s Silver & Blue Service between Jasper and Toronto. You’ll have three nights in a private bedroom on the train to Toronto and will round out your experience with a day trip to Niagara Falls.
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