Waputik Icefield

Waputik Icefield is a broad mountain icefield in the Park Ranges of the Canadian Rockies, straddling the Continental Divide between Alberta and British Columbia within Banff and Yoho national parks. Covering about 40 square kilometres, it feeds outlet glaciers including the Waputik, Emerald, Balfour, and Daly glaciers, and sends meltwater into Hector Lake and the Bow, Kicking Horse, and Yoho rivers. Water from Daly Glacier also supplies Takakkaw Falls. The icefield is significant as both a hydrological divide and a major alpine travel area, used year-round by mountaineers and ski tourers and linked with the neighbouring Wapta Icefield through a broader backcountry route network.

British Columbia · Canada