Jasper holds a special place in our hearts. The first time we went to Jasper was almost on a whim; spawning from a desire to go further, to see more of that magic that comes from the Canadian Rockies.
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| Waterton Lake |
We started in Waterton Lakes and opted to venture a bit further North. I mean, what's another 800ish kilometers after you've already driven almost 1,000? We landed in Jasper without a reservation, maybe without direction and, after some stress, found the perfect lakeside, first-come, first-served, campsite at Waterfowl Lakes.
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| Waterfowl Lakes |
The entire Park seemed surrounded by looming, snow-crested, misty, castle-like mountains and filled with emerald rivers, dense forest and an abnormal abundance of water: lakes filling entire valleys, massive rivers flowing from wide, white, glacial waterfalls and looming sheets of ice layering the tops of entire mountain ranges.
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| Views from the Icefields Parkway |
The valley vista driving North from the Icefields Center - after passing Athabasca Glacier, with waterfalls on both sides - was like nothing we'd ever seen. We descended through the clouds, into and out of torrential rain until we found a dry, cozy, warm home in welcoming Jasper Town.
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| Jasper Town gardens |
When the sun peaked through we set out to explore raging waterfalls, and deep, dark, carved-rock canyons. This was just the beginning of many visits to this place - a place worth coming back to again and again.
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| Maligne Canyon |
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| Maligne Lake |
