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Places We Visited in Alberta

Lakes, mountains, small towns, and roadside stops we found along the way. Each one with practical details to help you decide if it's worth the drive.

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Highway stretching through a mountain valley with steep rocky peaks on either side, coniferous trees, and dramatic cloudy sky

The Icefields Parkway: Canada’s “Drive of a Lifetime”

Glaciers, waterfalls and one impossibly blue lake after another along 230 km of mountain highway — a guide to the Icefields Parkway, one of the world's great drives.
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Mountain landscape with coniferous forest and layered peaks viewed from a roadside overlook with guardrail, under blue sky with white clouds

Waiparous Village, Alberta: A Quiet, Wild Base at the Edge of the Ghost

A 57-person summer village on a mountain creek, the doorway to 1,500 km² of wild Alberta — Waiparous was our quiet, off-the-radar base for the Rockies.
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