Category: Jasper Sightseeing

The Canadian Rockies are great to visit at any time of year.
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Pyramid Lake in Jasper National Park

Posted on Jul 27, 2009 in Jasper Sightseeing

Pyramid Lake offers lots to see and do By Michele Kadison Staff Writer Rockies.com JASPER, Alberta (Rockies.com) – The Pyramid Lake area of Jasper National Park offers some amazing sights and great chances to see the wildlife of the Canadian Rockies. It’s a relatively short drive from the town of Jasper with access from Pyramid Lake [...]

Maligne Lake Hiking and Exploration
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Maligne Lake Hiking and Exploration

Posted on Jul 24, 2009 in Jasper Sightseeing

Exploring Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park By Michele Kadison Staff Writer Rockies.com JASPER, Alberta (Rockies.com) – No trip to Jasper National Park, or the Canadian Rockies for that matter, would be complete without a side trip to Maligne Lake. Separated from the Banff/Jasper Highway by the rugged Maligne Range, this 46 kilometer (29 mile) [...]

There are hundreds of fantastic trails to check out near Lake Louise.
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The Icefields Parkway in Jasper National Park

Posted on Jul 24, 2009 in Columbia Icefields, Jasper Sightseeing

Exploring the Icefields Parkway By Michele Kadison Staff Writer Rockies.com JASPER, Alberta (Rockies.com) – This is one of the world’s most spectacular Canadian Rockies highways. Unsurpassed mountain scenery paralleling the Great Divide, including the Columbia Icefields, Bow and Crowfoot Glaciers, Athabasca Falls and Peyto Lake, await you on this scenic  drive. Grizzly and black bear, moose, [...]

Jasper National Park’s Old Highway
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Jasper National Park’s Old Highway

Posted on Jul 24, 2009 in Columbia Icefields, Jasper Sightseeing

A peaceful Old Highway trip in Jasper National Park By Michele Kadison Staff Writer Rockies.com JASPER, Alberta (Rockies.com) – If you would like to avoid major highways in Canada’s Jasper National Park and go for the peaceful meander of a Canadian Rockies back road, then Highway 93A, or “the old highway,” is for you. Part [...]

Get up close and personal with Mount Edith Cavell in Jasper National Park.
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Mount Edith Cavell

Posted on Jul 23, 2009 in Jasper Sightseeing

Exploring this area of Jasper National Park By Kay Barbaro Staff Writer Rockies.com JASPER, Alberta (Rockies. com) – Mount Edith Cavell is one of the most historically interesting areas of Jasper National Park and the Canadian Rockies. It also offers a great scenic drive and some excellent hiking and sight-seeing opportunities. Traveling south from Jasper, [...]