Originally Posted by bccycleguy
I sure wish they would fix those cracks in the pavement on the shoulders. Did it both ways last fall. Has to be one of the top tours anywhere.
One thing we noticed was that from Jasper to the Icefields Visitors Centre going south there was a narrow (8") repaved section of the shoulder due to a buried utility cable. If you rode on this section it got rid of the majority of the cracks. We also rode on the road a fair bit as it was repaved in a number of sections that had cracks on the shoulder.
I can pretty much see myself making this an annual tour - I am sort of kicking myself for not doing it sooner!