"Accessible via the Icefields Parkway, this glacier experience includes the option to ride an Ice Explorer vehicle 'to the middle of the Athabasca Glacier,' providing a hands-on glacial excursion as part of mountain-route itineraries." - Patricia Doherty Patricia Doherty Patricia Doherty is a writer who specializes in covering destinations, resorts, and cruises for Travel + Leisure and other publications. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines