Jasper Travel Blogs

Today we drove along the Icefields Highway, the 93, to Jasper. The Icefields Parkway is a spectacular 230 km long road between Lake Louise and Jasper. On our way we passed, and of course stopped, at a lot of beautifull sites. The first one we reached was the Crowfoot Glacier. A century ago, t…

We have an early start, much to see today! At Maligne Canyon we park the RV and take a walk into the canyon. It’s roughly divided into an upper and a lower part. The parking is near the upper part. Walking by the canyon you pass bridges over the canyon providing a great view down to the water; Ma…

Last night we stayed at jasper Youth Hostel in our boarding school style dorm.  As soon as the lights came on this morning at 8am, the whole place came alive.  It was like listening to a symphony of velcro, cords and zips whizzing back in forth.  We lay in bed for a while but soon de…

The Icefields Parkway is indeed the most beautiful road in the world!!!   This 230 km of scenic highway spanning Banff and Jasper National Park commemorates Canada's powerful natural landscape. From the beginning of the highway at Lake Louise in Banff National Park to Whistler in Jasper…

travelling east to west. Starting in Halifax heading to Vancouver...

I have spent 12 days in Canada, in may 2007.We've started in Vancouver,Victoria,Whistler,Clearwater,Jasper,Lake Louise and finished in Calgary. I love this country and the rocky moutains are so beautiful,so wild. We have seen 2 bears and many other animals (I don't know their name in english :)).

Today's itinerary:1. Maligne Canyon2. Medicine Lake3. Maligne Lake4. Athabasca Falls5. Sunwapta Falls6. Columbia Icefield7. Athabasca Glacier8. Crowfoot Glacier9. Bow Glacier10. Bow Pass and Summit11. Peyto Lake12. Mosquito CreekAh, the glory of having a car. These sights were strictly see and move…

A photo gallery of my latest trip through the Canadian Rockies and cruise through the Inside Passage to Alaska

32 states in the US and 8 in Canada. Travelled Canada and the USA from coast to coast within five months. Travelled mostly by train, sometimes by coach. In total 33.000 km (20.000 miles). Started and ended in Toronto. Some other highlights: Montreal, Quebec, New York, Philadelpia, Chicago, Miami, New Orleans, El Paso, LA, San Fran, Yosemite, Death Valley, Vegas, Vancouver, Jasper. Experienced temperatures varying from minus 25 degrees Celsius to +30 degrees Celsius. Only shot 6000 pictures.

Yesterday we left Banff National Park and drove down the Icefields Parkway, over the highest road in North America - where the ground is still snow-covered and there are glaciers! - and into Jasper National Park. The views have just got better and better - that's why there are so many landscape pho…

In an old school episode of Bobby's World, Bobby, Howie Mandell and the gang went on a family vacation to a Canadian national park. As a child living in Vancouver, having rarely heard any references to Canada except on Sesame Street when Elmo would wear a parka and shiver, it was pretty exciting. W…

I spent 4 weeks travelling around canada, went to vancouver first where i got to fly a plane and then headed to the rockies and visisted Banff and Jasper! saw 3 bears so well worth it and i then finished off the trip in toronto, did the normal bits there, saw niagra falls and the CN tower and dd a lot of shopping!!!

My cousin, a friend and I took a road trip to Jasper for a week!

While I was living in Canada my best friends came over from Germany to visit me and take me on a two week camper tour around the beautiful British Columbia. I was very happy to see them again..left Vancouver Island to meet them at Vancouver airport..

My little holiday from 2006. Spent a few days in Jasper, Banff, and Drumheller, Alberta.