What You Need to Know About Avalanches in Jasper National Park

As winter arrives and snow starts to accumulate, hikers, skiers and snowshoers always need to be aware of the potential for avalanches in Jasper National Park. Luckily, Parks Canada provides a means to stay up-to-date on current conditions and the Canadian Avalanche Centre provides free online training.

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How to Have a Good Jasper National Park Vacation

Over on Fodor’s travel forum, a great world travel forum with lots of posts about Jasper, regular participant Judy_in_Calgary posted her “12 Commandments for the Canadian Rockies“. Other forum participants contributed to the list.

The result was a fun list with over 20 commandment ideas so far. I’ve picked out some of the ones most relevant to Jasper National Park and added some comments. Follow these if you want to have a good time in Jasper National Park.

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Hiking the Maligne Canyon Trail in Jasper National Park

Maligne Canyon trail is 2.1km one way and takes less than 2 hours round-trip. Hiking boots are good for this one, but sneakers will do too. The scenery here is great – expect to make a few stops at bridges and look-out points to take it all in.

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Water and Serenity throughout Jasper National Park

Rivers, rapids and waterfalls are among the serene sites while hiking through the trails in Jasper National Park. There are spruce trees, fir trees, larches, pines and aspen trees scattered through Jasper. Some of the spruces and firs are hundreds of years old.

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