Ice Caves Athabasca Glacier

Amazing natural beauty

UPDATE: The posts on Explore Jasper site are posted when ever I have time to update. It is only for general information about Jasper National Park. If you find yourself at one of these point of interest, trailheads and locations and find the images do not match, let me know. However, features such as ice caves and seasonal changes, be aware nature has an impact, so if the opening is not there, it has probably collapsed.

As for this particular ice cave, the opening has collapsed several years ago, I just leave this post on this site for my own journal. If you have made your mind to visit these kinds of places, please hire a local guide, you can find these Mountain Guide in the town of Jasper.

A group of us locals went exploring at the Columbia Icefield area and came across this glacier cave opening, this exploratory trip was completed in 2016.

Even though thousands of visitors travel through the Columbia Icefield, this ice cave has not seen many of those visitors. Due to the seasonal travel and its difficult location. With the streams in the path of this Ice Cave, summer months is not the ideal time to venture into this are due to many factors, mainly SAFETY.

Athabasca glacier can be access by Ice Explorers in the summer months. There is also an outfit that offers hikes onto the glacier, but not to this cave due to the dangers that lurk. Use caution to explore this area. Do not venture too deep into the cave due to crevasses with in the cave itself. Proper tools to venture deeper is recommended.


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Ice Caves Athabasca Glacier

Ice Caves Athabasca Glacier - Explore Jasper
Cave opening
Ice Caves Athabasca Glacier - Explore Jasper
What lurks underneath
Ice Caves Athabasca Glacier - Explore Jasper

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Location Access


Access: High­way 93 south, approx. 105km from Jasper

Park­ing: Yes Trail­head: at base of glacier where the summer platform ends

Activ­i­ties: Ski­ing, Snowshoe


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