Ya'Gotta: Jasper - The Best of The Canadian Rockies National Parks!

Ya'Gotta: Jasper - The Best of The Canadian Rockies National Parks!

Celebrating its centennial year in 2007, Jasper is located in the watershed of the Athabasca, Miette and Maligne rivers. The Jasper area of the Canadian Rocky Mountains is by far my favorite National Park for adventure tourism. Jasper has great camping, hiking, backpacking, cycling, horse trail riding and climbing opportunities, nature observing as well as spectacular scenery!

Jasper is part of theCanadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site, which is a United Nations designation that includesBanff,KootenayandYoho, Glacier & Mount Revelstoke national parks, plus adjacent B.C. provincial parks: Hamber, Mount Robson and Mount Assiniboine. This area helps protect over 20,000 sq. km (7,700 sq. miles) of the Rocky Mountains.

The biggest benefit of adventure travel to Jasper, especially in respect to the town of Jasper, is that there are not as many tourists traffic jams, as it's southern neighbour,Banff.

The town of Jasper has excellent tourist transportation, accommodations, dining and shopping opportunities. If you're wanting to purchase well worthwhile trip souvenirs, or outdoors guidebooks, go to the store operated by theFriends of Jasper National Park, in the Park Administration Office. There you can support their work and find out about their conservation program, historical walking trips and courses that they offer through the Jasper Institue.

For campers, the area around the town of Jasper offers two excellent full serviced (and large) National Park campgrounds called Whistlers and Wapiti, south of town on theIcefields Parkway. For those seeking a more relaxed campground atmosphere, try Wabasso, on the 93A Highway south of the Mount Edith Cavell turn-off and before the road rejoins the Parkway at Athabasca Falls.

Other choices further east of the town could be the Pochahontas Campground, on the road to Miette Hot Springs, or the larger Snaring Creek Campground, which also has an overflow area for peak season.

By road, the best ways to get to Jasper is the Yellowhead Trans-Canada highway , from the west throughVancouver and Kamloops, or east throughEdmonton. A park entrance fee is paid at the gate and day and annual passes are available.

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