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Travel Blogs from Jasper
Mother Nature is a disgusting show off
... way. Banff was bigger than Jasper and Lake Louise combined (and doubled) with lots of hostels, shops and restaurants. It was snowing here too, but more than that it was cold! I walked around the town and saw a group of 4-5 year olds dressed up for Halloween. Because it was cold they were all wearing their costumes over their snowsuits and consequently looked all puffy and cute - fat pumpkins and elephants! I had lunch and walked out to a nearby waterfall (on ...
The most Awesome Mountain anywhere (says Jeff)
... keen on being out in the forest towards dusk. Everytime we've seen animals when out driving it's been at dusk. Bear from the car - excellent. Bear on the trail in front of me - no thanks!
We headed briefly into Valemount, a small town with not a lot happening, before heading back to Jasper for dinner. We did a respectable 10km on our walk today so we felt a steak dinner was justified. Well I had steak, Jeff had Bison ...
Jasper Tramway Ride
The Jasper Tramway to the top of Whistlers Mountain is the best way to see the layout of Jasper and surrounding areas. ThenTramway is the longest and highest guided aerial tramway in Canada. From the tram you can hike to the summit at an elevation of 8100 feet. It was a really windy day on top and ...
Pierre Grey's to Jasper Nat. Park
Easy drive for 100 miles to Jasper National Park. Stopped In the town of Hinton to get gas. It looks like all the Albertans are out for the weekend enjoying the summer like weather. Leaving Hinton heading towards Jasper you start to get glimpses of the big Canadian Rockies. It's like seeing the Grand Canyon- it doesn't matter how many times you see it, it's always an awesome sight. We bought a year's park pass for $136 upon entering the park which was ...
Across the Prairie and into the Mountains
... sundial at their visitor's center. We checked it out and it actually kept accurate time. At the visitor center we ran into some folks that were camped next to us in Dawson Creek and found out they were headed to Jasper as well.
Back on the road we headed south into the eastern foothills of the Rockies. Another long road lined with trees, roughed up from the winter weather and logging trucks and ...