Icefields Parkway sighting maps
12 sightingsGrizzly BearUrsus arctos horribilisMost seen 6–8 AM & 8 PMSighting map
127 sightingsBlack BearUrsus americanusMost seen 6–8 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map
16 sightingsMooseAlces alcesMost seen 6 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map
100 sightingsElkCervus canadensisMost seen 6 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map
34 sightingsMountain GoatOreamnos americanusMost seen 7 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map
53 sightingsBighorn SheepOvis canadensisMost seen 7 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map
12 sightingsMule DeerOdocoileus hemionusMost seen 7 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map
16 sightingsMarmotMarmota caligataMost seen 6–9 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map
20 sightingsPikaOchotona princepsMost seen 7–10 AM & 4–8 PMSighting map
16 sightingsLoonGavia immerMost seen 6–9 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map
17 sightingsChipmunkNeotamias minimusMost seen 7–10 AM & 5 PMSighting map
19 sightingsCanada JayPerisoreus canadensisMost seen 7 AM–12 PM & 4–7 PMSighting map
87 sightingsRavenCorvus coraxMost seen 8 AM–6 PMSighting map
10 sightingsPtarmiganLagopus leucuraMost seen 7–10 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map
37 sightingsSpruce GrouseCanachites canadensisMost seen 7–9 AM & 8–10 PMSighting map
51 sightingsClark's NutcrackerNucifraga columbianaMost seen 8–11 AM & 5 PMSighting mapEach map shows where a species has been reported across Icefields Parkway. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.


The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Icefields Parkway Tour Guide
Icefields Parkway, narrated.
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.
See the Icefields Parkway audio tourRecorded for this place
Athabasca Glacier: Walk the Retreat“You're approaching the Athabasca Glacier area. For a close view without booking an excursion, I'd choose the Toe of the Athabasca Glacier Trail from the road-end parking area.”
Plays as you drive up to Athabasca Glacier in the Parkwolf Icefields Parkway Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Columbia Icefield Centre: Food and the Skywalk
- A Hummingbird’s Overnight Slowdown
- Icefield Tent Campground: Camp with Glacier Views
- Wilcox Pass: The Red-Chair Turnaround
- 141 audio storiesacross Icefields Parkway’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Grizzly Bear, Black Bear, Moose, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 54 trails, 57 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
