Cowboy Trail N, Hwy 22 & David Thompson Highway

Calgary to Icefields Parkway via Rocky Mountain House
398 km one way

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David Thompson Highway along Abraham Lake
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Biking David Thompson Highway

The heartland of Alberta, where pioneers settled and made way for what is now the connected highways between the prairies and the rockies.

Top Attractions

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Abraham Lake

An artificial lake on the North Saskatchewan River lining the David Thompson Highway between Saskatchewan River Crossing and Nordegg. It was created in 1972 with the construction of the Bighorn Dam. Although man-made, it still possesses the blue colour of other glacial lakes in the Rocky Mountains.

Athabasca Glacier

Columbia Icefields and the Athabasca Glacier

The Columbia Icefield is the largest icefield in the Canadian Rockies, covering some 230 sq km (89 sq mi) to a depth of 365 m (1,200 ft) and some 28 km (17 mi) long. Draped over the continental divide on a high alpine plateau along the Alberta-BC border, it receives an average of 7 m (23 ft) of new snowfall per year.

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Rocky Mountain House National Historic Site

Rocky Mountain House National Historic Site is one of Canada’s fine examples of how the fur trade helped shape the nation. Enjoy exhibits, walk through archaeological remains of the four forts, get hands on experience with Métis skills of the fur trade.

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