Columbia Icefield Skywalk
A glass-floored viewing platform suspended about 280 meters above the Sunwapta Valley. It is a popular attraction sold together with the Icefield snowcoach tour.
The Skywalk is located on a cliff about 6 km north of the Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre. A cliffside trail of about 1 km leads to a curved glass-floored platform that juts out over the cliff. Below your feet lies the Sunwapta Valley, about 280 meters deep, and across the valley you can see glaciers and snowy peaks. Interpretive signs along the way explain the icefield's geology and wildlife, and bighorn sheep and mountain goats are often seen. Private cars cannot drive there directly, so you must take a shuttle from the Icefield Discovery Centre. Tickets are usually sold together with the snowcoach tour, but can also be bought separately, and reservations are required. If you are afraid of heights, you can walk only the cliffside trail. The whole visit takes about an hour and can be scheduled in the same morning or afternoon as the Athabasca Glacier.
Opening hours
Approx. May to mid-October, 10:00–17:00; check official website
Nearby sights
- Athabasca Glacier & Ice Explorer
- Icefields Parkway / Columbia Icefield
- Sunwapta Falls
- Maligne Lake & Spirit Island, Jasper
- Athabasca Falls
- Medicine Lake
- Mount Edith Cavell & Angel Glacier
- Valley of the Five Lakes