Jasper Inn Alberta
98 Geikie Street Jasper, Jasper National Park, Canadian Rockies, Alberta, TOE 1EO, Canada
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The Icefields Parkway
Hi Folks! We cycled the steep (300m gain in 3 miles) to Lake Louise where we did the worthwhile hike to Agnes Lake & Teahut (another 365m elevation gain). Had to take shelter from a thunderstorm before cycling back to the hostel. Left in brilliant sunshine the next day to cycle the Icefields Parkway (known as one of the top 10 drives in the …
Icefields Parkway & Jasper National Park
Day 8
This was our earliest morning yet..woke up a 6AM, had a quick breakfast, then hit the road about 7AM so we would miss the Tri-Athalon crowds and road closings near our hotel. This was the first day we were on our own. Of course it was raining, again :)
Today we are riding on the Ice Fields Parkway from Banff to Jasper …
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Hallo Rocky Mountains
... Wäsche zu waschen. Ich muss zum Glück nicht alleine gehen, sondern habe Gesellschaft von einer Japanerin, die ein Vorstellungsgespräch in Jasper hat. Ich hatte mir meine Zeit in Jasper zwar anders vorgestellt, aber man muss Prioritäten setzten und saubere Unterwäsche steht nun einmal ganz oben auf der Liste. Ich nutze aber meinen Zeit um den Ort Jasper ein bisschen mehr in Augenschein zu nehmen. Jasper ist recht übersichtlich und besteht eigentlich nur aus 5 Straßen, ...
Canyon ice (?) walk
... trying to stay upright. Heading back downhill was supposed to be easier, but I still had a couple of tumbles. When we got back to the bus Alicia thought that we had only hiked about a couple of miles - it felt like much more!
Anyway, despite all the knocks and tumbles it was another great day, and we are glad to have had the experience.
When we eventually got back to the hotel it was straight down to the pool to make use of the hot tub!
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The Icefield Parkway - amazing, awesome
... km from Icefield to the toe (the bottom edge of the glacier)
Width: 1 km at upper icefall
Depth of ice: 250 m just below the lower icefall and 60 m near the toe
Speed of Ice: 42 m/year at the middle of the glacier and 15 m/year near the toe
Volume (est.): 640 million cubic meters
Melt rate: Between 1870 and today, the glacier has lost more than 2/3 of its volume and more ...



