It's available from Tourist Information Offices etc. A free Icefields Parkway leaflet by the national parks service gives detailed information about campgrounds, viewpoints, hostels, trailheads and picnic-sites between Jasper and Banff. Mountain passes on the of the Icefields Parkway . Books For general travel imfo we used the well-known Lonely Planet travel guide. Links on the WWW For a good selection of other Canadian bike pages start at Raph de Rooij's Travel to the Horizon site.
All main roads are in a good condition and generally speaking traffic is light.
Even on a major highways traffic is relaxed. Cycling into and through a big cities like Calgary is easy. Traffic is on the right hand side of the road. See our muti-language bicycle vocabulary if English is not your native language and you have to communicate with Canadian bikeshop staff. For the self-catering every major town has a well stocked supermarket.