Jasper, Canada Travel Blogs

Jasper
Jul 4, 2006 (18 photos)

... but left us all standing in a queue until gone 14:00 - no explanation, no apology - really shit service from Greyhound Canada. Anyway, Jasper is really great. We really like it. The first night (Tuesday) was spent in the hostel, but once again they are ...

Toot, toot, choof, choof - off we go!
May 3, 2007 (3 photos)

... on Fridays they have chocolates! Amazing. Due to it's late departure from Vancouver, 'The Canadian' was an hour late leaving Jasper. It stretched for about 20 cars, including 3 diesels, 2 dining cars, an activities car and three lounge cars with ...

Oh deer! Can't bear any more!
May 2, 2007 (7 photos)

... show it better - and look for the little specks which are the snowbuses on the track up to the turnaround point. Jasper is a small railway and winter sports town about three blocks long. There is a gondola to a mountain lookout, but ...

Life at a Mountain Resort
May 25, 2005

Sorry folks but no pics this time. Satellite connection is just way to frustrating for that type of thing. But just felt a need to ramble for a bit about life here at Sunwapta Falls Resort. Feel free to scan or skip altogether. New Friends So ...

Good Friends and Good Views
Sep 7, 2005 (15 photos)

Travelpod now has unlimited space for uploading pictures. So here are some from the past month or so. These are mostly from a little road trip we took to Golden and then around the resort and town. Not feeling much in a writing mood so I will let the ...

Homesickness
Sep 25, 2005

I am quite homesick at the moment. And how silly is that? When exactly four weeks today I will be heading to Calgary and jumping a plane to Toronto. But even though I am excited about my trip home (and our little side trip to Newfoundland) there is ...

The Icefield Parkway
Oct 11, 2006 (24 photos)

... they are able to grip the rocky slopes with grace and ease. We also learn that a collaboration between Parks Canada and Montana State University, the Henry P. Kendall Foundation and other partners funded the construction of wildlife passages, crossings ...

MOUNTAINS AND MORE HOOK-UPS
Aug 13, 2003 (6 photos)

... Rockies while in Dennis's semi-truck. Dramatically-far-off triangles sprung above the highway's rural horizon. We entered Jasper National Park, where the altitude slowly climbed up beside our road. Mountains abounded, al dwarfed by one snow- ...

Bears as far as the eye can see..
May 24, 2008 (2 photos)

I had done a few quick runs through Jasper before, and been to Banff so I hadnt thought too much about the Rockies before arriving.  When we did arrive it was overcast and cold and we could see bits of snow around. We picked up the car and headed ...

My new favourite place
Aug 2, 2005

Photos are here In the past, when I have taken yoga classes I have been given a tip about relaxation. When things start to get out of control take yourself to your favourite place. For a long time this was lying in a hammock outside my beach bungalow ...

Wanderlust rears its head
Aug 30, 2005

There has been a damp chill in the air for days. The clouds have been sitting low obscuring any view of the mountains. The days are filled with intermittent torrential downpours and brief clearing periods before the rains commence again. I have ...

Settling in again
May 5, 2005 (14 photos)

... of the backcountry there. (When you see the pictures look for The Tracks pic to see where he was) Once we arrived in Jasper we instantly were stoked about our decision to spend the summer season there. But we didn't stay long this time around. Chris ...

bears, Bears, BEARS!!!!
May 13, 2005 (5 photos)

This morning as we were driving to Mount Robson we saw a bear sitting on top of a concrete barrier next to the road. We quickly turned around and went back for a closer look. It turned out to be a mama bear and a cub. If you look closely you can make ...

Mountain Climbing and Fantastic Eats
Jun 9, 2005 (6 photos)

The Desire to Climb After living in the mountains for months is was inevitable that the urge to climb something would eventually overwhelm us. Especially now that the chair lifts have stopped and we no longer have regular transportation to the ...

The Last Days
Oct 22, 2005 (12 photos)

The last days at Sunwapta passed in a blur of sad goodbyes and eager countdowns for our own day to leave. Each day we would awake and peak out the window to see if this was the night that the snow had actually accumulated on the resort. Thanksgiving ...

So far so good so what? - megadeth now that ...
Sep 9, 1999 (4 photos)

"So far, so good, so what?" - Megadeth Now that Labour Day has passed summer has unofficially ended in Canada. This brings me some joy as that, hopefully, means that there will be a lot less 65 year old people wearing Tillet hats driving ...

Realities of Mountain Life
Jun 23, 2005

It is been a rough several weeks here at Sunwapta. I suppose it was about a month since a woman in Canmore was killed in a grizzly attack. It didn't really affect me directly but it was enough to shake me up and get me a little more anxious about being ...

Pictures
Jul 3, 2005 (19 photos)

First of all Happy Canada Day weekend to all the Canadians in the crowd. The long weekend is a mad house here in Jasper. Full of Albertans escaping the city and willing to pay over $200 a night for a room here in the park. We were overwhelmed by the ...

Rock'n in the Rockies!
May 28, 2003 (25 photos)

... only escaped last night... I think you should stay in your car - we are professionals."... and then wait for the reaction! Jasper - 10 hours later.. "Have you got a reservation"? Ummm no, "Do you realise it is the long weekend?" Ummm - forgot! " ...

The Rockies
Sep 3, 2007 (14 photos)

... where Mc Donalds was forced to close due to lack of business !! can't be all bad....decided to stay a while, but couldn't afford Jasper, so stayed outside the park at a great KOA site in one of the cabins, surrounded by mountains and great views. They also ...

Train journey to Jasper
May 26, 2005 (3 photos)

... , so we had just long enough to walk the length of the train half mile long to give you the above facts. Arrival at Jasper impressive compared with other unimpressive stops, the Sioux Indian lookout being one. We found the B & B's very reasonable and ...

Jasper - Tag 3/4 (provisorischer Titel)
Jun 10, 2007

Stichworte: - heeeeeeeeerlich: lange ausgeschlafen bis ca. 10h (liebe Gruesse an alle daheimgebliebenen Broetchenverdiener) - nachtsueber arktische Klimaverhaeltnisse im Van, darum Wolldecke aufgelegt (auch wieder so eine wahnsinnig spannende ...

Jaaaasperrrr
Aug 28, 2006

The title is how Whitt INSISTS on pronouncing it!! Early checkout of Homestead Inn to begin the long journey to Jasper. When via Bow Valley Parkway and stopped to see Johnston Canyon (which had a clever little viewing tunnel that the water had cut out ...

Right then folks it's currently 10 at night ...
Sep 8, 2002 (1 photos)

... that they have a bus leaving at 4, the bus station doesn't stay open until then, or in fact open until 6. So, despite Jasper having a station that was rebuilt and is now one of the few across the country that is protected as a heritage station, I burnt ...

Icefields Highway
Jul 18, 2008 (4 photos)

... advise not to stop it is very hard to resist. We took some photos and then moved on. We have had a great night in Jasper. Had a nice meal in an Italian restaurant and bought some presents for Lucy and Sam for their birthdays. I also did the first lot of ...

Hard to find WiFi!
Jun 26, 2009 (9 photos)

Hi everybody! I am in an ice cream store in Jasper, Alberta, Canada.  I can get on the net, (for $1 per ten minutes) but can't post any pictures from this computer.  (It's older than mine!!!)  While I'm on this computer, I'm doing laundry ...

Jasper one last time
Sep 5, 2006

Had a fantastic long weekend in Jasper! Well, let's go back a bit first.... Friday night we had a wedding to attend, and it turned out to be great fun! Not only was everything about the reception fun, but then the D.J. came out and he rocked! We ...

Athabasca Falls
Jun 3, 2009

Today we drove to Athabasca falls where in winter the falls are frozen, however today we viewed millions of litres of water rush through a small chasm crashing onto the rocks below. To be continued in the next update

Jasper
May 15, 2006 (20 photos)

Ich bin von Olds Richtung Red Deer gefahren, kalt und windig. Weiter nach Rocky Mountain House, dann Nordegg. Und von Nordegg Richtung Jasper entlang des Atabascasees. Dies war auch ein Tag den ich so schnell nicht mehr vergessen werde. Wind, aber von der ...

At Jasper National Park
Jun 16, 2009 (12 photos)

... the lake.  Then back to our cabin for a rest and then out to dinner.   Today, we took a 7 km. hike around Jasper and then crawled to a resturant for lunch.  After that it was time to do some laundry and then this blog.  After this its ...