Columbia Icefield Visitors' Centre, Yellowhead County

Excellent visitor centre with commanding views of the glacier. You can get tickets from here to go on a bus tour onto the glacier - which is a definite must do tour (unless you arrive early you may have to wait a while as the tours get booked up rapidly) You can also go on a guided walk up the glacier (either full or half day depending on the day) which departs from the car park at the toe of the glacier - this is also a must do. You get a completely different perspective on the glacier. From the lower car park you can walk to the toe of the glacier (although you should not venture on to it unless you are with a guide as there a many hidden dangers) It is an interesting short walk passing a number of small cairns marking where the toe of the glacier was in the reecent past.