Mountain goats are the rock-climbing heroes of Jasper National Park and one of the animals that visitors to the park most want to see. Learn where to see Jasper National Park mountain goats and see more pictures of mountain goats here.
For some mountain goat fun, play the Mad About Mountain Goats Memory Match Game (pictured at right).
Wonder what Jasper National Park looks like during the month of March?
Traveler Barbara made a recent trip to Jasper National Park and her travel gallery shows what the park looks like. Her album of March 2008 photos shows Jasper National Park wildlife including elk, deer and a coyote. There are also plenty of pictures of the snow-covered mountains and an iced Athabasca Falls river.
View Barbara’s complete Jasper National Park gallery here.
The gallery appears on Picasa, a photo website where anyone can add photos.
The spectacle of the animals is almost dwarfed by the stunning river and Canadian Rockies landscape in the background. There are not many places in the world to have this type of experience.
With Jasper becoming a Canadian National Park in 1907, there’s a strong probability that this view will be preserved.
Photo by laszlo-photo
Check out this slideshow from a traveler’s Jasper National Park adventures. It shows the extraordinary landscape and has lots of animal pictures including a bear, several deer, marmots, a ram, hummingbird and mountain goats. He was quite fortunate to be able to see and photograph so many animals. (more…)
Some cats have all of the luck.
Such is Harley the Cat, a special cat who travels by RV throughout western Canada and the southern US and Mexico.
Harley the Cat and human caretaker Ivan live and work in Banff, Yoho and Kootenay National Parks.
Being nearby to Jasper National Park, Harley took a road trip to Jasper for the park’s 100 Year Centennial celebration. Harley did some camping, squirrel watching and sightseeing throughout Jasper.
He’s a very talented cat and took some pictures of the sights and put them on his blog.
See the pictures and read more about the adventures of Harley the Cat on his blog here.
The traveler who took this video was able to walk amongst Jasper National Park’s bighorn sheep. This must have been quite an experience and one not many Jasper National Park visitors get to have. Surprisingly, the sheep do not seem timid at all. For most wildlife, especially bears, the lack of timidness is a bad thing. The bighorn sheep seem to manage though.
The scene looks like Highway 16 heading out from Jasper townsite towards Pocohontas Inn and the park entrance/exit. There is a good chance of seeing bighorn sheep on Highway 16.
These are young bighorn sheep. When bighorn sheep get older and more mature, the horns are thicker and more rounded.
Want to do something unique to show off your Jasper National Park photos to friends and family? You might want to try Animoto.
Animoto is a new online service that creates videos for you out of the pictures you upload.
I was able to easily create 30 second video clips of Jasper National Park photos. Animoto automatically adds effects and transitions. The result is a fun mini-movie. (Full-length movies and other features cost extra.)
Check out what I created from some mountain goat and wildlife photos from the Jasper Journal Jasper National Park photo gallery. I simply upload the photos to Animoto and then selected music. After about 10 minutes Animoto gave me these cool videos. (more…)
I‘ve heard time and time again from people that finding a hotel room last minute in Jasper National Park is not easy during the peak summer season. Without a hotel room, your day could be spent trying to find one instead of enjoying the scenery. Let’s look at a bad experience and good one. The difference is that one person tried to book last minute and the other planned in advance. (more…)
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.
The elks in Jasper National Park wander all around in search of food. Sometimes, this puts them in a dangerous position.
Usually, the threat is automobiles.
In this traveler’s video, we see something different. As a herd of elks picnic alongside a train track and bridge, a CN freight train comes towards them. (more…)
