Photo: Mistaya River Snowshoeing Winter Landscape Banff National Park

A woman stops and gazes at the stunning winter landscape surrounding the Mistaya River while she is snowshoeing with Mount Sarbach in the background. This is located in Mistaya Canyon off the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park.

A woman who is snowshoeing takes a moment to stop and admire the snow covered winter landscape surrounding the Mistaya River with the glorious Mount Sarbach in the background. Mount Sarbach is 3155 metres high or 10351 feet high and can be seen from the Mistaya River off the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Banff National Park forms part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and so is protected from any development that could damage the landscape.

Snowshoeing is a popular winter activity and many people like it because it gives them the opportunity to stop and admire the landscape as they are walking. When you are ... continue below the picture...

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... skiing or snowboarding you often cannot stop and take a moment to look around you, as you go whizzing through the trees, but when you are snowshoeing you can stop and breathe in the cold mountain air as often as you want because you set your own pace.

Mistaya River is a river that flows through the Canadian Rockies and the Icefields Parkway provides the access point to the trail that leads to it. It is also a popular hiking area in both the summer and the winter.

A woman wearing snow shoes looking at the snow covered winter landscape surrounding the Mistaya River with Mount Sarbach (3155 metres/10351 feet) in the background, Mistaya Canyon, Icefields Parkway, Banff National Park, Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada. Banff National Park forms part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks UNESCO World Heritage Site.