Jasper National Park

Jasper is the largest park in the Canadian Rockies.  Jasper is wild in every sense of the word.  It is home to some of North America's healthiest populations of grizzly bears, moose and elk.  The park was established in 1907.

Checking into the park...each person needs a park pass

We are headed north on Hwy-93

Around every corner is a new sight

Each peak has its own personality

The Columbia Icefield is the largest mass of ice in the Canadian Rockies

Crowfoot Glacier

Wapta IceField somewhere

Bow Lake

What can you say...they keep coming

And coming, coming and coming

Honeymoon Lake

Columbia Icefield is the largest reservoir of snow and ice in the Rockies and feeds three of the continent's major river systems.  Straddling the borders of Alberta and British Columbia, the icefield comprises 64,250 acres of crystal-blue glacial ice and snow.

Almost three-quarters of the park's highest peaks are located nearby

Approaching the Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre

The Athabasca Glacier

Rik and I were here in 1991 and rode a Snow Cat on the glacier

Today they load you on Ice Explorer Vehicles for a glacial expedition

The Glacier is in continuous motion creeping forward bit by bit

Glacier Skywalk leads to a glass-floored observation platform

918 feet above Sunwapta Valley

Your entrance to the Skywalk

Sunwapta Falls

The Icefields Parkway has been called one of the world's most scenic drives

We are staying at Whistler's Provincial Park near Jasper.  This will be our first and you need your park passes to stay there.  Each person in your park is required to have a valid national parks pass and we each have a Discovery Pass for unlimited access to all the national parks in Canada for the next two years.