Tweet By Carl Silverman Associate Writer/Visit-Jasper.com JASPER, ALBERTA, CANADA – Alberta’s Goat Lookout is an excellent destination to view the panoramic views of the Athabasca Valley, as well as the mountain peaks surrounding this Canadian treasure. The Goat Lookout is also a good place to spot mountain goats, bighorn sheep and other animals native to […]

Tweet By Carl Silverman Associate Writer/Visit-Jasper.com JASPER, ALBERTA (CANADA) – Jasper, Alberta’s Stutfield Glacier, a tongue of the massive Columbia Icefield, pours more than 900 vertical meters (3,000 feet) of cliff face to form a picturesque set of double icefalls that are visible from a roadside viewpoint. The Sunwapta River braids its way through several […]

Tweet By Carl Silverman Associate Writer/Visit-Jasper.com JASPER, ALBERTA (CANADA) – The Athabasca Falls are among the most powerful and breathtaking falls in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Alberta’s Athabasca River thunders through a narrow gorge where the walls have been smoothed and potholed by the sheer force of the rushing water carrying sand and rock. No […]

Tweet By Carl Silverman Associate Writer/Visit-Jasper.com JASPER, ALBERTA (CANADA) – The remains of Jasper, Alberta’s Pocahontas Coal Mine is found not too far from Highway 16 on Miette Road. A self-guided interpretive trail leads through the mine remnants as well as to some spectacular viewpoints that overlook the ponds at Pocahontas. It is a fun […]

Tweet By Carl Silverman Associate Writer/Visit-Jasper.com JASPER, ALBERTA (CANADA) – There are few summits in Jasper National Park that can rival Mt. Edith Cavell for beauty. A small, powder blue Angel Glacier is easily reached by a short self-guiding trail that winds its way along the shores of the lake. Another longer trail leads to […]

Tweet By Carl Silverman Associate Writer/Visit-Jasper.com JASPER, ALBERTA (CANADA) – Both Lake Edith and Lake Annette transform into giant playgrounds during the winter months in Jasper, Alberta. Popular activities among tourists in this brilliant area of Canada is to join in a game of shinny (you’ll figure it out), or traverse the lakes on cross […]

Tweet By Carl Silverman Associate Writer/Visit-Jasper.com Jasper, Alberta is truly a great travel destination for lovers of Canada’s great outdoors. Smell the crisp alpine air full of the tangy scent of evergreens. Listen to the wilderness sounds under a clear sky full of bright, shining stars. Still, Jasper offers so much more: caribou grazing in […]

Tweet By John Barnes Senior Writer/Visit-Jasper.com On a clear winter day, or during the summer months when the sun is high in the sky, there is no sight more breathtaking than the mountains and glaciers of the Icefields Parkway (HWY 93 North) that stretches from Lake Louise, (five-minute drive west on the Trans-Canada Highway #1) […]

Tweet By Drake Smith Senior Writer/Visit-Jasper.com The Athabasca Glacier is one of the most popular sightseeing destinations at the Columbia Icefields in the Canadian Rockies and at Jasper National Park. Alberta’s glacier is the most visited one in North America, and a definite must for those looking for big, bold and beautiful natural scenery. Easy to spot […]

Tweet By Mark Donahue Senior Writer/Visit-Jasper.com JASPER, ALBERTA (CANADA) – Sunwapta Falls is a frozen wonder during the winter months in Jasper, Alberta that delights photographers (professionals and amateurs) with its “ice sculptures.” Sunwapta (which means turbulent river in Stoney Indian) abruptly changes course at the falls from northwest to southwest and plunges in a cloud […]