Fairmont Jasper

I was somehow convinced to spend the winter in the Canadian Rockies. I ended up loving it so much that I have decided to stay for the summer.

... for the Inca Trail but still have time to get fit). Alanna motored through it easily as usual. We decided to head to the Fairmont Jasper Lodge to have a look. This place is in a great location with magnificent views. We decided we had earnt one of there ...

On July 6th, my family and I boarded and overnight train from Vancouver to Jasper, Alberta in Canada.  We arrived aboout noon on July 7th.  We took a cab to Jasper Park Lodge and went for a BBQ fror lunch.  We spent the afternoon enjoying ...

... dine, without prior reservations. Settled for Greek, as the Japanese place was busy as usual. Dark by the time we checked in to Jasper Park Lodge; tough time looking for the entrance of the room. Next morning, the bright sun was trying its best to soak up ...

... and eventually got ourselves a bit of a barry-bargain, and decided to head off the next day. Basically the only road from Jasper to Banff is the Icefields Parkway, which takes you through the 2 national parks, and through some big icefields (which are ...

... We saw herds of mountain goats and Big-horn sheep at the top which were really impressive. After that we headed to see the Jasper Fairmont briefly, though its nowhere near as impressive as the other two we've seen. Then we headed home to prepare our route ...

... stunning to see and we have taked so many photos that I had to by an external hard drive.       We called in to Lake Louise but it was rainning so we had cakes at the Fairmont Hotel then went to Banff. ...

... they melt! Drove through Jasper national park, detouring to Lake Louise to check out where I'll be working and living. The Fairmont Chateau. The lake was still frozen but still beautiful and the hotel looks amazing. From there we went further south ...

... Tremblant (if you haven't been to Whistler). Of course we took advantage of the very recognizable photo spot of Lake Louise from the Fairmont Hotel (I'm sure you'll pick it out from the photo lineup). We also hiked up to Lake Agnes, a 3 km hike with a ...

... The weather was good, if a bit hot in the vehicle. A quick pit stop at Tim Hortons in Hinton, before continuing to The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, arriving 1620h. It was straight to the pool before getting the keys to our lakefront cabin. Amazing how this ...

... in the RV with a cup of tea!  While the kids took a nap after lunch (and so did Lee-Ann), we took a drive to the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge.  Very nice indeed! Once back at the RV Park, we all went for a relaxing walk, keeping an eye out for ...

... we left the bike running this time! It was awesome. The sheep/goats that we saw were at the entrance to the Jasper National Park. Once we got to the Fairmont, Mom was waiting for us outside. So we met up with them and then went to our room, which was ...

... shopping. Jasper itself s quite small, and there is not much to do once you have seen it. I wouldn't recommend more than 2 days in Jasper to anyone. I was here for 3 days the first time I came to Canada, and there was NOTHING to do, and so it went from ...

Yay, internet again! We arrived into Jasper Park Lodge yesterday at about 5:30pm, and I would have posted this blog then, but the "free wireless internet" in the rooms may be free, but it is non existent, so I spent most of the night on the phone with ...

Left Sun Peaks early in the morning for the day travel to Jasper and Peter, our coach driver, all of a sudden applies to brakes - and we saw a Mama Bear and her 2 cubs walking across the road - she was brown like a Grizzly and one of her cubs was black ...

... , and locals are a great source for recommendations.        Without these three strategically placed Fairmont spots, travelling though the Albertan Rockies would not be nearly as charming, comfortable or classy than it is. Whether ...