Jasper National Park's Jasper Tramway is the longest and highest guided aerial tramway in Canada & the only guided ropeway in the Rockies. Once at the summit you can see 6 mountain ranges, glacial lakes, the Athabasca River and Jasper town. The summit is 1304mts/4279ft above sea level and there are hiking trails, off the boardwalks, to the summit.
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| Jasper from the summit |
Our alarm went off as usual at 7.30, but after a leisurely shower and breakfast in the "comfort of our own home" we set off for the Jasper Tramway Station.
The view from the summit was stunning: an overall aerial view of Jasper including the train line, the Athabasca River and Edith & Annette Lakes.
We walked on the boardwalk for all round views, choosing not to walk to the summit.
The wildlife continued to enthral us and once we had returned to the Lower Station this little fellow was waiting to greet us!
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| Brrr, plenty of snow |
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| Wapiti |
We motored on to Maligne Canyon where we had lunch. The owners of the cafe told us that they had been there for 47 years and the water level was the highest that they had seen.
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| Chipmunk |
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| Wapiti, just outside Jasper town |
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| Lake Edith/Annette? |
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| Cleaning the car windows |
Our intention was to visit Maligne Lake, but as we appeared to have low petrol & signs warning of no petrol station for miles, we opted to visit Medicine Lake, followed by Lakes Edith & Annette. On our way to Medicine Lake we came across a significant amount of parked cars by the roadside, this usually indicated a "wildlife alert". However, it was not to be on this occasion. Due to the high levels of rain the rivers were quite swollen and we soon found to our astonishment that people were kyaking down the rapids. Quite a sight and in our opinions quite mad to be doing it!
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| Medicine Lake |
On our return to Jasper the weather had become warm and sunny. After a coffee stop we sat opposite the train station and watched as the VIA Train loaded passengers and supplies. The passenger trains have many carriages, and the freight trains are just awesome.
On our return to the appartment we wrote our few postcards and headed out to Earls once again for our evening meal.
* Mount Edith Cavell and Lake Edith are both
named after Edith Cavell the British nurse who worked in Begium in WW1. She was executed for assisting POW's to escape from German occupied Belgim.
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