Marmot Lodge Jasper

... melting.  It's pretty slippery even with a little snow over it. Our last stop of the day was Maligne Canyon just outside of Jasper about 5pm.  This was another gorgeous walk and then on the way into Jasper we saw our first Elk. Jasper is at a ...

... presence, or by that of some guy running with his dog. After the deer and the awesome mountain views (of which i could see the Jasper Gondola, and deciding that I wouldn't be doing that one too) I headed back to the hotel to finish off tonight's blog and ...

... 's right across the road from our hotel.  We went for a swim in the indoor pool.  Dad and I also went for a spa outside and for a spa in the inside spa.  I sat on a big steel bear and steel Ram that were on the streets of Jasper Ashleigh. ...

... this time!  Lots of the trail we discovered was closed due to elk calving season so we had to take a detour through Jasper Park Lodge which is like The Warren at Abersoch but in a much much nicer setting and managed by a 5 star hotel company ...

So we drove today from High Level to Jasper through Grande Prairie and Grande Cache. This was a very nice drive, even with the few construction interruptions. We managed to find three caches along the way today. Still less than I would have liked, but ...

... method and that is a painful wipeout!  * Canadian Larger - the cheapest of the cheap, Lucky Larger. * Ice Hockey at Jasper Park Lodge (massive frozen lake) - I came out here a few times and had heaps of fun; I even got to participate in a friendly ...

... big enough for me to have curled up in. I have read that bears will happily move a tonne of dirt and rock to get a marmot. I don't know if that is literally true, but it clearly has some basis in fact. They are phenomenally powerful animals. We spent our ...

... elk feeding along the road. This time we watched as one female tried to drive another female away. There are so many elk in the Jasper area that we are getting a bit jaded about seeing them! This has been a strenuous day - almost 10 km of hiking on rough ...