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DAY SIX: Snocoach Ride on Athabasca Glacier You will trade in your motorcoach for a "snocoach" and venture on to North America's largest glacier, the Columbia Icefield's Athabasca Glacier. You will travel in a specially designed vehicle to the middle of the glacier, as your driver points out interesting geological features. At the icefall below the glacier headwall, you will step out onto ice formed from snow that fell as long as 400 years ago. Later, we arrive in the mountain town of Jasper. (B, D) DAY SEVEN: Maligne Lake Cruise Today, in spite of its highways and railroad, Jasper National Park looks very much like it did when David Thompson, Canada's great fur-trade-era explorer, first saw it. Enjoy the breathtaking scenery of Jasper National Park as you cruise Maligne Lake, with its unparalleled vistas. Learn of the local history, geology, wildlife and glaciology of Maligne Lake and Jasper National Park as some of the most spectacular scenery in the Rockies drifts past your window. Watch moose lazily wander the shoreline, and look for other wildlife that are native to the area. In the afternoon, we return to Jasper in plenty of time for exploring the town. (B) DAY EIGHT: Travel the Icefields Parkway Aboard our motor coach, you will travel along one of the world's most spectacular mountain highways, the Icefields Parkway. Unsurpassed scenery paralleling the Great Divide in the Valley of the Ten Peaks, the Columbia Icefields, Bow and Crowfoot Glaciers, Athabasca Falls and Peyto Lake, come into view. See snow-capped mountains reflected in the turquoise waters of Moraine Lake and watch for black bears, moose and caribou along the way. (B, D) DAY NINE: Calgary and Home Following breakfast, you depart Calgary with a group transfer to Calgary International Airport for flights home after 1:00 p.m. (B) HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS Day One: Holiday Inn or Sandman Hotel, Calgary, Alberta Days Two and Three: Glacier Park Lodge, East Glacier, Montana Days Four and Five: Rundle Stone Lodge, Banff, Alberta Days Six and Seven: Sawridge Hotel, Jasper, Alberta Day Eight: The International Hotel, Calgary, Alberta Canadian Rockies and Glacier National Park 25 Banff Maligne Lake