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Icefields Parkway Closure December 25 2025

Icefield Parkway- Parkers Ridge

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Significant precipitation is forecasted along the Icefields Parkway (Highway 93) beginning on December 24.
Beginning at 10:00 am, December 25, the Icefields Parkway from Parkers Ridge, south of the Columbia Icefields to the Big Bend will be closed. There will be rolling closures up to an hour and a half long. Avalanche control work followed by road cleanup has already been scheduled to take place on December 25.
All day use areas and viewpoints along the Icefields Parkway between Lake Louise and Saskatchewan Crossing and between Jasper and Parkers Ridge remain open as scheduled.
The Icefields Parkway is expected to reopen on December 25 at 1500.
Plan your travel and check www.511.alberta.ca for up-to-date road conditions and status.

FERMETURE DE LA PROMENADE DES GLACIERS
Des averses importantes sont prévues le long de la promenade des Glaciers (route 93) à compter de 10:00 am, Decembre 25.
À compter de 10:00 am, Decembre 25, la promenade des Glaciers sera fermée à la circulation du chaînon Parker, situé au sud du champ de glace Columbia, jusqu’à Big Bend. Des travaux de déclenchement préventif des avalanches suivi du déneigement des routes sont déjà prévus pour vendredi et samedi.
Les aires de fréquentation diurne ainsi que les belvédères qui sont déjà accessibles le long de la promenade des Glaciers entre Lake Louise et Saskatchewan River Crossing ainsi qu’entre la ville de Jasper et le chaînon Parker demeureront ouverts au public.
La réouverture de la promenade des Glaciers est prévue pour le Decembre 25, 1500.

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