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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 REGIONS and facilities. Hinton

Snake Indian River

Miette Hot Springs 61 km from Jasper Moosehorn Creek

Snake Indian River 40 47

ALBERTA BRITISH COLUMBIA Roche Ronde

Prince George

Fort St. James Athabasca River Prince Rupert JASPER Pocahontas Syncline RidgeRoche Miette Fiddle River NATIONAL Miette 2 Maligne Canyon 16 PARK Hot Springs Mount Robson MOUNT 40 11.5 km from Jasper Mount Greenock Sulphur Skyline 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 5 Lake 2 Medicine Lake Colin Range Maligne River 27 km from Jasper Miette River Jasper Yellowhead Lake 16 Old Fort Point Signal Mountain Wapiti Mount Tekarra Medicine Lake Valemount Whistlers Queen Elizabeth Range

Marmot 93 Athabasca River Curator Mountain 1 Around Town See back of map Wabasso Opal Peak

Tonquin Mount Clitheroe Maligne Valley Mount Hardisty Lake 2 Mount Maccarib Maligne Lake Bald Hills The Ramparts Edith 93A 48 km from Jasper Legend 3 Highway 93A Cavell Athabasca Maligne River Astoria River Mount Maligne Information Centre 7 km from Jasper Falls Lake DISTANCES Edith Cavell Mount Kerkeslin Camping Jasper Townsite to... KM MI Hostel Banff 281 178 Calgary 404 256 Kerkeslin Mount Charlton Viewpoint Whirlpool River Edmonton 370 234 Mount Unwin Picnic area Hinton 79 50 Queen Elizabeth Range Lake Louise 226 143 Red Chairs Mount Robson 88 57 Honeymoon Lake Mount Mary Vaux Trailhead Valemount 128 81 Mount Fryatt Tramway Clearwater 310 196 Mount Brazeau Kamloops via HWY 16 431 273 Sunwapta Endless Chain Ridge Highway Vancouver Falls Secondary road ...via Rogers Pass 1015 631 ...via Coquihalla HWY 805 523 Roadway ...via Trans Canada HWY 853 540 Athabasca River Unsurfaced road 3 Mount Edith Cavell ALBERTA 29 km from Jasper BRITISH COLUMBIA No vehicles > 7 m (25 ft.) Sunwapta River Poboktan Mountain Jonas

HAMBER 93 PROVINCIAL Athabasca River PARK 5 Sunwapta Falls Sunwapta Peak 55 km from Jasper

Chabba River Beauty Creek Tangle Ridge 5 Mount Alberta Tangle Falls WHITE GOAT Stutfield Wilcox Peak Nigel Peak WILDERNESS Glacier Stutfield Peak Iceﬁeld AREA Centre Wilcox N Columbia Iceﬁeld Icefield Tent Lake Louise 0 5 10 20 Kamloops Athabasca Snow Dome Glacier Banff Kilometres Vancouver Mount Hilda Calgary Mount Andromeda Athabasca Creek Miles Saskatchewan 0 5 10 Glacier 5 Athabasca Falls 5 Athabasca Glacier BANFF 30 km from Jasper 103 km from Jasper NATIONAL PARK AROUND TOWN

Experience park wilderness without going far. Drive, bike Pyramid Lake Area or hike up to Pyramid Lake (7 km) and explore the many 1 Jasper Information Centre Trails 2 and 2a • 3.8 km return • 1-2 hours 500 Connaught Drive trails. For water lovers, take Bighorn Alley (8.6 km) to lakes Trails 2 and 2b • 15 km return • 5-7 hours Trailhead: Jasper Activity Centre parking lot (P3). Also Maligne Canyon Annette and Edith and reward yourself with a dip in the accessible at Cottonwood Slough parking lot P4 (2 km up Trails 7g and 7 • 2.1 km one way • lake. For a spectacular view of Jasper and surrounding Pyramid Lake Road), Pyramid Stables parking area P5 1-2 hours P7 areas, hike Old Fort Point (3.8 km loop) – watch for sheep. (3.5 km) or Pyramid Lake (end of the road). Trailhead: P11 10 km east of Jasper via Highway 16 and the Maligne Road.

Patricia Lake Circle Trails 6 and 6c • 4.8 km return • 2-3 hours Trailhead: P5 Pyramid Stables parking area at km 3.5 on the Pyramid Lake Road or hike Trail 2 from town.

Mina/Riley Lakes Trails 8 and 2 • 8.5 km return • 3-4 hours Trailhead: P3 Jasper Activity Centre parking lot, near the start of Pyramid Lake Road.

Hiking Biking

Old Fort Point Loop Legend Legend Trail 1 • 3.5 km return • 1-2 hours Easy trail Easy trail Trailhead: P1 From town or from Highway Moderate trail Moderate trail 16, follow Highway 93A Difﬁcult trail Difﬁcult trail to the Old Fort Point/ 2 Trail marker Lac Beauvert access 2 Trail marker road. Turn left, cross 3.3 Distance (km) 3.3 Distance (km) the Athabasca River Information Information on the old iron bridge; distance from town is Campground Campground 1.6 km. Toilets Toilets

Horse facility Horse facility

Historical site Historical site

Lookout Lookout

SkyTram SkyTram

Accommodation Accommodation

Frontcountry camping (small RV) Frontcountry camping

Frontcountry camping Parking (small and large RV) Parking with trailhead Parking Red chairs Parking with trailhead Commercial horse area Red chairs Wildlife movement corridor Wildlife movement corridor Marsh Marsh Highway Highway Road The Whistlers Trail Road Loose surface Trail 5 • 7.7 km one way • 3-5 hours up, Loose surface closed to vehicles 2-3 hours down closed to vehicles Trailhead: P14 1.8 km south on Highway 93, turn right onto Whistlers Road and follow it 2.8 km to an unpaved access road on the left, leading a short Valley of the Five Lakes distance to the parking lot. Trail 9a and 9b • 4.2 km return • 2-3 hours Trailhead: P15 9 km south on Highway 93.