Stanley Falls

The Beauty Creek Trail starts at a pullout on the east side of the Icefields Parkway 15-1/2 kilometers north of the Columbia Icefields Center in Jasper National Park. The pullout isn’t marked, so keep watch for either parked cars, or a wooden post marking the trail. Follow the trail across a dike to the old roadbed, then head right until you reach Beauty Creek. Stanley Falls are located 1.6 kilometers from the trailhead at the end of the official trail.Beauty Creek is a waterfall-studded stream which can be found just north of the Columbia Icefields in Jasper National Park. An easy trail follows along the rim of its canyon, passing eight noteworthy waterfalls in 1-1/2 kilometers, making it one of the best bang-for-your-buck hikes along the Icefields Parkway for those seeking out waterfalls. Only the final waterfall along the trail - Stanley Falls - is named, the others we have opted to refer to numerically (for the time being). Stanley Falls is the final waterfall encountered along the trail. Here at the top of the canyon Beauty Creek accelerates into a narrow flume then forcefully plunges 40 feet into a pool before meandering further down the canyon. Though Stanley Falls is the only named waterfall along the Beauty Creek Trail, surprisingly it isn't the tallest waterfall - that distinction belongs to the very first waterfall encountered. Additionally, there appear to be at least two waterfalls further upstream which should be considerably taller.