One of the most spectacular drives in the world is lined with glaciers you can see from your car—year-round. But in winter, ...

Alison Criscitiello, director of the Canadian Ice Core Lab at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, knows Banff National Park as both a scientist and extreme outdoor sports enthusiast.

Banff National Park is heaven for the outdoor lover. It has everything from beautiful lakes to rugged mountains to wildlife ...

Debra Smith Covering 89 square miles on the northern edge of Banff National Park, the Columbia Icefield is the largest body of ice in the Canadian Rockies. It's a bit of a drive from Banff Town ...

Ride massive ice explorer vehicles onto the otherworldly surface of the Athabasca Glacier. These dramatic 181 miles of Alberta—passing through and by Jasper, Kootenay, Yoho, and Banff National ...

Set within Canada’s oldest national park, Banff offers skiing and other activities, a vibrant cultural scene and mountain ...

and ice fields of Banff National Park. The now-iconic castle hotel in the heart of Canada’s first — and most popular — national park opened as a Canadian Pacific Railway hotel in 1888.

Banff National Park occupies more than 2,000 square miles ... experts say the lakes should be avoided during the winter because of frequent ice falls. Ski slopes surround Banff.