"I left Calgary at 9 a.m. and drove up the Icefields Parkway to Wabasso campground, set up camp and then drove out to Jasper's East gate. I started at 3:15 p.m. and it was 40° when I left the truck. I found this to be an aggressive moderate and didn't enjoy the hard packed dirt and poor traction on the really steep rib between gullies. I took longer than planned and got back to the truck at 9:45 p.m. I did get to see the start of the sunset though! " — leigh-annewebster • Jun 30, 2021

"Wow. Another incredible (sleep deprived) weekend (3rd in 5 weeks) with awesome friends. Bedded down at 10pm in Icefields parking lot Friday evening under clear skies which was a relief from Calgary. 12C and actually got an hour sleep (better than Hood and felt better than Pyramid) and we were up at 1:45am. It was 6C and cloud. Started up the Athabasca Glaicer about 2:45am and was surprised no headlamps on glacier and no one in the parking lot...did we miss the memo? Started raining and none of us had rain gear and started to wonder "Is it summer?" Moved up fast skinning on the ice and then started across snow patches which were actually slush and in some cases rivers. Monica got a double booter which under normal ski circumstances would have ended it right there. Nearing the first bench we had to find a way around a lake. Group discussion with the very isothermal snow we decided probably not the best idea on the crevasses. So turned around and back at car at 6:03am. Weird to be taking ski boots off that early on a Saturday morning. Pondered what next and fixed a broken rivet on Babette's boot. 30 minutes later was enroute for ski #2 at Parker Ridge. Skied from t..." — alexjoseph • Jun 2, 2019