POINTS OF INTEREST

With over 11 000 km2 of wild and lush terrain, it’s safe to say Jasper National Park is rather large. The best Edson way to explore this incredible landscape is to take a day Grande Cache Edmonton ROCK LAKE Grande Prairie and explore each of its 5 major regions: SOLOMON CREEK Scenic road to Alaska 16 WILDLAND PARK 1 Around Town, 2 Maligne Valley, 3 Edith Cavell and 93A, 40 4 Miette Hot Springs and 5 the Icefields Parkway. Each of TOP 5 these regions contain very unique terrain, water ways, wilderness and facilities. REGIONS Hinton

Snake Indian River

Miette Hot Springs 61 km from Jasper

Moosehorn Creek See page 10 in the summer guide.

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ALBERTA BRITISH COLUMBIA Roche Ronde

Prince George

Fort St. James Athabasca River Prince Rupert JASPER Pocahontas Syncline RidgeRoche Miette Fiddle River NATIONAL Miette 16 2 Maligne Canyon PARK Hot Springs 11.5 km from Jasper Mount Robson MOUNT 40 Mount Greenock Sulphur Skyline See page 8 in the summer guide. ROBSON Talbot PROVINCIAL Jasper Lake Lake Utopia Mountain PARK Esplanade Mountain Snaring River 16 40 Cinquefoil Mountain Rocky River

Morro Peak Overlander Falls Hawk Mountain Snaring Mount Colin 16 WHITEHORSE Tête Jaune Rearguard WILDERNESS Falls Cache Mount Bridgland AREA Victoria Cross Ranges Pyramid Mountain Roche Bonhomme Pyramid Maligne Canyon 2 Medicine Lake 5 Lake Colin Range 27 km from Jasper Maligne River See page 8 in the summer guide. 1 Around Town Miette River See back of map and Jasper Yellowhead Lake 16 Old Fort Point Legend pages 6-7 of summer guide. Signal Mountain Wapiti Information Centre Mount Tekarra Medicine Lake Camping Valemount Whistlers Queen Elizabeth Range Hostel Marmot Viewpoint 93 Athabasca River Picnic area Curator Mountain Red Chairs Wabasso Opal Peak Trailhead

Tramway Tonquin Mount Clitheroe Maligne 2 Valley Mount Hardisty Lake Maligne Lake Highway Mount Maccarib 48 km from Jasper 93A Bald Hills The Ramparts Edith See page 8 in the summer guide. Secondary road Cavell Athabasca Maligne River Roadway Astoria River Mount Maligne Falls Lake Unsurfaced road Edith Cavell Mount Kerkeslin

3 Highway 93A Kerkeslin Mount Charlton Whirlpool River 7 km from Jasper Mount Unwin See pages 11-13 in the summer guide. Queen Elizabeth Range

Honeymoon Mount Mary Vaux Mount Fryatt Lake Mount Brazeau Sunwapta Endless Chain Ridge Falls DISTANCES

Jasper Townsite to... KM MI Athabasca River Banff 281 178

Calgary 404 256 ALBERTA Edmonton 370 234 BRITISH COLUMBIA Hinton 79 50 Sunwapta River Poboktan Mountain Lake Louise 226 143 Jonas Mount Robson 88 57 3 Mount Edith Cavell Prince George 363 230 29 km from Jasper Prince Rupert 1101 697 No vehicles > 7 m (25 ft.) HAMBER 93 Grande Cache 208 129 See page 9 in the summer guide. PROVINCIAL Athabasca River 5 Sunwapta Falls Vancouver PARK ...via Rogers Pass 1015 631 Sunwapta Peak 55 km from Jasper ...via Coquihalla HWY 805 523 See page 11 in the summer guide.

...via Trans Canada HWY 853 540 Chabba River Beauty Creek Tangle Ridge 5 Mount Alberta Over the next four years Parks Tangle Falls WHITE GOAT Canada is investing heavily Stutfield Wilcox Peak Nigel Peak WILDERNESS to repair and upgrade aging Glacier Stutfield Peak Icefield AREA infrastructure in their national parks Centre Wilcox N Columbia Icefield and national historic sites. Visit 5 Athabasca Falls Tent Icefield Athabasca Lake Louise the Jasper road construction map 0 5 10 20 Kamloops 30 km from Jasper Snow Dome Glacier Banff and list of infrastructure projects Kilometres Vancouver See pages 11-13 in the summer guide. Mount Hilda Calgary Mount Andromeda Athabasca Creek at: pc.gc.ca/jasperinfrastructure Miles Saskatchewan 5 to see if any road or facility work 0 5 10 Athabasca Glacier Glacier 103 km from Jasper BANFF might impact your trip. See pages 11-13 in the summer guide. NATIONAL PARK AROUND TOWN

Pyramid Lake Area iette ot prings Overlander Experience park wilderness without going far. Drive, bike Option 1: Trails 2 and 2a • 3.8 km return • 1-2 hours intn Option 2: Trails 2 and 2b • 15 km return • 5-7 hours ntn . or hike up to Pyramid Lake (7 km) and explore the many 10 Trailhead: Jasper Activity Centre parking lot (P3). Also 10a trails. For water lovers, take Bighorn Alley (8.6 km) to lakes . accessible at Cottonwood Slough parking lot P4 (2 km up Maligne Canyon Annette and Edith and reward yourself with a dip in the P5 it Pyramid Lake Road), Pyramid Stables parking area rige Trails 7g and 7 • 2.1 km one way • lake. For a spectacular view of Jasper and surrounding (3.5 km) or Pyramid Lake P7 (end of the road). 1-2 hours 8 Maligne River areas, hike Old Fort Point (3.8 km loop) – watch for sheep. 7 Trailhead: P11 10 km east of Jasper via Highway 16 and the rai Pyramid ench Maligne Road. san . Patricia Lake Circle 7 aligne 1 Jasper Information Centre . ift Trails 6 and 6c • 4.8 km return • 2-3 hours Maligne 500 Connaught Drive . . rige Canyon Trailhead: P5 Pyramid Stables parking Road 2 7 area at km 3.5 on the Pyramid Lake Road 10 . 11 . or hike Trail 2 from town. Pyramid 7 7f Maligne Road Lake 2b . 2g

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