Picnic area · Icefields Parkway (Highway 93)
A riverside picnic break where nearby cliffs may reveal goats.
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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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Coleman Creek: A Riverside Picnic“Up ahead is Coleman Creek Day-use Area, a summer-only picnic stop beside the river. If you've brought lunch, the tables here make this a useful place to break up the drive.”
Plays as you drive up to Coleman Creek Day-use Area in the Parkwolf Icefields Parkway Tour Guide.
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Coleman Creek is a summer-only day-use picnic area on the Icefields Parkway, 102 km from Lake Louise and 131 km from Jasper. It's a simple place to stop for a meal beside the river and get a break from the drive. Bring your own food and water; services along the Parkway are limited.
Picnic tables make this an easy place to eat. There are toilets, including an accessible toilet; the route to them isn't described.
The river is part of the quiet picnic setting, and nearby cliffs give you something to scan for mountain goats. They're a possible sighting, not a sure thing, but it's a good reason to take your time before getting back on the road.
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.
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The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
