diff --git a/dbt/adapters/snowflake/catalog.py b/dbt/adapters/snowflake/catalog.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a05d88c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt/adapters/snowflake/catalog.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+from dbt.adapters.base import BaseRelation
+from dbt.adapters.base.catalog import ExternalCatalogIntegration
+
+
+class SnowflakeExternalCatalogIntegration(ExternalCatalogIntegration):
+
+    def relation_exists(self, relation: BaseRelation) -> bool:
+        response, result = self._connection_manager.execute(f"DESCRIBE ICEBERG TABLE {relation.render()}")
+        if result and result.rows:
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    def _exists(self) -> bool:
+        if not self._exists:
+            response, result = self._connection_manager.execute(
+                f"DESCRIBE CATALOG INTEGRATION {self.external_catalog.name}")
+            if result and result.rows:
+                self._exists = True
+            else:
+                self._exists = False
+        return self._exists
+
+    def refresh_relation(self, relation: BaseRelation) -> None:
+        self._connection_manager.execute(f"ALTER ICEBERG TABLE {relation.render()} REFRESH")
+
+    def create_relation(self, relation: BaseRelation) -> None:
+        self._connection_manager.execute(f"CREATE ICEBERG TABLE {relation.render()}"
+                                         f"EXTERNAL_VOLUME '{self.external_catalog.configuration.external_volume.name}'"
+                                         f"CATALOG='{self.external_catalog.name}'")
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/snowflake/impl.py b/dbt/adapters/snowflake/impl.py
index 6320893e1..fe7ea676e 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/snowflake/impl.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/snowflake/impl.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from dbt.adapters.base.impl import AdapterConfig, ConstraintSupport
 from dbt.adapters.base.meta import available
 from dbt.adapters.capability import CapabilityDict, CapabilitySupport, Support, Capability
+from dbt.adapters.snowflake.catalog import SnowflakeExternalCatalogIntegration
 from dbt.adapters.sql import SQLAdapter
 from dbt.adapters.sql.impl import (
     LIST_SCHEMAS_MACRO_NAME,
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ class SnowflakeAdapter(SQLAdapter):
     Relation = SnowflakeRelation
     Column = SnowflakeColumn
     ConnectionManager = SnowflakeConnectionManager
+    ExternalCatalogIntegration = SnowflakeExternalCatalogIntegration
 
     AdapterSpecificConfigs = SnowflakeConfig