Scenic pullout · Icefields Parkway (Highway 93)
A quick creekside pause before the Stanley Falls hike.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Icefields Parkway Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Icefields Parkway (Highway 93). As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Beauty Creek: The Walk to Stanley Falls“You're approaching the Beauty Creek pullout, the start of the walk to Stanley Falls; look for the Beauty Creek sign.”
Plays as you drive up to Beauty Creek Viewpoint in the Parkwolf Icefields Parkway Tour Guide.
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Beauty Creek Viewpoint is a roadside pullout where Beauty Creek runs through forested slopes and a narrow canyon. It is 146 km from Lake Louise and 87 km from Jasper along the Icefields Parkway. I’d stop for a short look at the water and mountain setting; the waterfall experience means leaving the pullout for a hike.
The pullout is also the start of Stanley Falls Trail (Trail 54). Follow it upstream for closer canyon views and a succession of waterfalls; the roadside view does not reach them. Treat the quick stop and the hike as separate plans.
From the pullout, look for the creek in front of the forested canyon and the wide mountain valley beyond. A wide composition can keep both the water and Parkway landscape in view; the falls make the more intimate photo subject farther up the trail.
Wildlife
12 sightingsGrizzly BearMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
127 sightingsBlack BearMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
16 sightingsMooseMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
100 sightingsElkMost seen around 8 PMSighting map
34 sightingsMountain GoatMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
53 sightingsBighorn SheepMost seen around 6 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Icefields Parkway. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Keep exploring
Sight · 0.8 km awayStanley FallsA narrow canyon and a string of cascades before the main drop.
Lodging · 1.9 km awayHI Beauty Creek Wilderness HostelSleep by the Sunwapta under Jasper's dark skies.
Scenic pullout · 3.5 km awayMushroom and Diadem Peaks ViewpointTwo glacier-covered peaks, no hike required.
Scenic pullout · 6.2 km awayStutfield Glacier ViewpointA quick stop for glacier icefalls above the braided Sunwapta River.
Scenic pullout · 7.4 km awayTangle Falls ViewpointA broad, tiered waterfall you can see between Parkway legs.Parkwolf’s Icefields Parkway ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
