Where to See Elk in Icefields Parkway (Highway 93)

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Elk sightings in Icefields Parkway

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Where Elk has been reported, from 100 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM4% of the busiest hour1 AM3% of the busiest hour2 AM2% of the busiest hour3 AM4% of the busiest hour4 AM10% of the busiest hour5 AM63% of the busiest hour6 AM89% of the busiest hour7 AM78% of the busiest hour8 AM60% of the busiest hour9 AM47% of the busiest hour10 AM36% of the busiest hour11 AM26% of the busiest hourNoon19% of the busiest hour1 PM17% of the busiest hour2 PM19% of the busiest hour3 PM26% of the busiest hour4 PM36% of the busiest hour5 PM57% of the busiest hour6 PM78% of the busiest hour7 PM92% of the busiest hour8 PMBusiest hour9 PM83% of the busiest hour10 PM42% of the busiest hour11 PM13% of the busiest hour

Elk is most seen 6 AM and 7–9 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Elk sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	4%
1 AM	3%
2 AM	2%
3 AM	4%
4 AM	10%
5 AM	63%
6 AM	89%
7 AM	78%
8 AM	60%
9 AM	47%
10 AM	36%
11 AM	26%
Noon	19%
1 PM	17%
2 PM	19%
3 PM	26%
4 PM	36%
5 PM	57%
6 PM	78%
7 PM	92%
8 PM	100%
9 PM	83%
10 PM	42%
11 PM	13%

Audio tour

Hear about Elk on the drive.

Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays stories like this one as you drive Icefields Parkway, triggered by GPS and read through your car’s speakers.

Icefields Parkway Tour Guide

An Elk Grows a New Rack

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“A bull elk grows a new set of antlers every year. He sheds the old pair in late winter or spring, then starts again.”

Plays as you drive in Parkwolf’s Icefields Parkway Tour Guide.

One more story about Elk in the app

Mount Christie Viewpoint: Red Chairs and Elk Clues

4.7 from 8,600+ ratings

Where to look

Icefields Parkway spots that mention Elk

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Places and trails whose Parkwolf guides talk about Elk. A good start, never a guarantee.

Places

Scenic pulloutMount Christie ViewpointRed chairs frame Mount Christie’s pyramid above the Athabasca Valley.

CampgroundWhistlers CampgroundA huge campground near Jasper, with showers and a path to town.

CampgroundWapiti CampgroundA riverside Jasper base with RV hookups and included showers.

Wolf sightings in Yellowstone on Parkwolf’s Find Wildlife map, brightest around Lamar Valley — Wolf sightings in Yellowstone, in the app

Find Wildlife in Parkwolf

Every sighting map, in your pocket.

16 sighting mapsfor Icefields Parkway, on the same park map as your route
Works offlineout where the animals are and the signal isn’t
141 audio storiesplay as you drive Icefields Parkway, wildlife included

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Wildlife

More wildlife in Icefields Parkway

All 16 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

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

Where to see Elk in Icefields Parkway