Overview
About Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre is the visitor’s centre, located opposite Columbia Icefield. The visitor’s centre building is a ‘Green’ building, with many environmentally friendly features.
The building completely shuts down in winter.
Columbia Icefield Centre also houses a small museum(discovery centre) and Glacier view inn.
What to do at Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre?
Things to do at Columbia Icefield visitor centre
See Columbia Icefield nestled on the foot of majestic Mount Athabasca.
Learn about glaciers, how they are formed and the impact of climate change on glaciers through interpretive displays and audio-visual presentations.
Visit Parks Canada’s desk at the main level and get all the information you need for your Banff-Jasper Trip.
Get your tickets for Glacier Adventure and start your adventure here.
See the snow coaches used to transport the visitors for the glacier walk/ice walk in an earlier era. Learn about the mechanics of how the coaches travel on ice through display boards.
Discovery Centre is also the departure/arrival point for the free shuttle that takes visitors to & from the Glacier Skywalk.
Stay in the Glacier View Inn.
How to get to Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre?
Columbia Icefield Visitors Centre Directions & Location
Located in Jasper National Park on the Icefields Parkway, 4 km from Sunwapta Pass , the Columbia Icefield Discovery centre is ~ 104 km from Jasper town, ~128 km from Lake Louise and 49 km from Saskatchewan river crossing. The visitors centre is located on the opposite side of the Columbia Icefield.
Click on the GPS cordinates below for Columbia Icefield Discovery centre map and directions.
GPS: 52.220281,-117.22405
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How much to visit Columia Icefield Discovery Centre?
Free.
Included in National Park Admission fee.
Glacier view Inn rate: 209++. Taxes not included.
When to visit Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre?
Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre Hours
May 6 to October 9, 2023 | Daily
Columbia Icefield Adventure
May 6 – May 19 | 11 AM – 4 PM
May 20 – September 30 | 10 AM – 5 PM
October 1 – 9 | 11 AM – 4 PM
Phone: 780-852-6288
What about Discovery Centre Amenities, Accessibilty & Parking?
Parking available. Picnic tables. Restaurant & Cafe.
Icefields Centre Hotel – Glacier view Inn (closed in Winter – November to May)
Gift shop. Wheel chair accessible.
Click on the pictures below to know more about other attractions along Icefields Parkway
There is a spelling/typo in the first few paragraphs.
Columbia Icefields Parkway Centre
….Shutdowns… should be ‘shuts down’.
Thank you, corrected!