Hi all! I will be in Edmonton for work in early December. I would love to visit Jasper, but unfortunatley my boyfriend and I will just have a couple days free.

Since we only have 2 fulls days we want to pack in as much as we can. Is the below realistic? If you only had a couple days and really wanted to emphasize seeing nature and great views is this what you would do? We're both on the adventurous side.

We're also toying with cutting one of the days and going skiing for one day (but again...torn on doing that as well).

Day 1: Thursday, Dec 12 (driving from Edmonton and arriving in afternoon)

• Something quick during the daytime if there is time before sunset?
• Evening- Stargazing: Head to Pyramid Island or Medicine Lake for Jasper’s Dark Sky Preserve.

Day 2: Friday, Dec 13

• Maligne Canyon Icewalk (EDIT - thank you for letting me know this is closed to the public)
• Patricia and Pyramid Lakes and Maligne Lake Area
• Evening: Dinner at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge’s restaurant (heard has great views)

Day 3: Saturday, Dec 14

• Athabasca Falls and Sunwapta Falls:
• Evening: Maybe do another tour this day?

Day 4: Sunday, Dec 15 (leaving and driving back to Edmonton in afternoon)

• While driving back stop at Lac Beauvert or Tangle Falls along the Icefields Parkway (EDIT - should have consulted google maps closer. I now see these are not on the way back).

Any advice would be appreciated :) Thank you!

I’ll be visiting Jasper on the weekend. I’m curious if there are any lakes that are open for skating yet? Is it worth brining skates? Also, is there much snow in the valley for snowshoeing? Thanks! Can’t wait to get back to the mountains and support the community recovery.

Will hotels open in Jasper in the second week of December? I wasn't sure if they were being used as temporary housing for residents.

Thanks in advance.

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Could anyone who has taken the magic bus from edmonton to marmot on a day trip let me know if it is usually super busy or if it sometimes empty. Also let me know what you thought! Thank you

Is there any way I can explore the athabasca glacier / ice caves without a tour guide, does any one know a secret entrance or a cave system that isn’t locked down

First of all, I'm truly sorry for what has happened in Jasper over the last year. I'm hoping this query does not sound tone deaf as it is not my intention.

I'm looking to take a train journey from Vancouver to see some of the beautiful scenery that Canada has to offer, using a voucher that expires in March. When using the VIA rail from Vancouver it seems Jasper is the 1st stop, so that's where we will end up. We were thinking to take the train there and then take the next available train back.

We need somewhere to stay, which will be in the area around the station. I'm aware many people have been unhoused and it's not a good time to visit, but as I said it's the train journey we're looking to do, not Jasper tourism.

Could somebody please explain if this would be appropriate or not? Thank you.

Hello Jasperites

I am looking for GPS coordinates on the bridge to the island in Pyramid Lake. I have coordinates but they show up on different sides of the bridge depending on what map I look at. On OpenStreetMap, they show up to the northeast, and on Google Maps, they show up to the southwest.

If you know how to get GPS coordinates using either a GPSr or a smartphone, and can help, please get in touch.

A recent photo at the spot would also be appreciated.

I am in the process of creating a Virtual geocache at this location.

My family and I live across BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan. We have tried a few different things for the holidays over the years and are liking getting together somewhere in the middle. With how hard of a time Jasper has had recently we thought maybe it would be good to support the community and spend our dollars there this year. We are thinking of visiting around Dec 27-30. Questions for the community: -first off, are visitors welcome? We don't want to come if Jasper isn't ready to have us just yet. -second- what sorts of family friendly winter activities can we count on? I am pregnant so light and safe physical activity is an option, but we won't be downhill skiing.

And lastly- please plug any small, locally owned businesses we should visit!

Thank you in advance, and sending all the best to the residents of Jasper as you continue to recover and rebuild!

Hi there - could any jasper residents weigh in on how pyramid Lake was affected by the fire? We were supposed to get married there when everything happened, and we'd like to keep our plans but I'm worried about how the fire affected the area. Thanks

Hey all. Not sure if this is the right place to post this but I just had to tell someone how I'm feeling cuz it's eating me from the inside out.

I'm 17 and have long dreamed of living in the Canadian Rockies. I've never been to Jasper; In fact, not even Canada. But I've spent dozens of hours exploring your beautiful province through google maps as my lens into The wilderness I long to one day lose myself in. Jasper and its surrounding wilderness had always been my Idea of heaven on earth, perhaps the one place that kept me going when times got tough because I knew It would all be worth It when I got there.

Ever since The Jasper fire I feel like a piece of me has burned up with it. I don't really know how or why I'm feeling this way but when I wake up in the morning that sense of wonder is simply gone. There's no other place on earth that evokes the same feeling; Jasper is special beyond comprehension to me (and I'm familiar with a lot of mountain ranges / wilderness around the world).

I know life will always find a way, and fires are part of the way nature refreshes itself. But I know it'll never be the same in my lifetime.

I don't know what I'm looking for even as I'm writing this post but I just had to put it out there.

I miss my Tim’s.

I’m just curious if anyone knows how much sound gets through from apartment to apartment, so if anyone who has or has had an apartment in cavel with someone living above them I’d appreciate your input Thanks

Are they still cleaning in there?

Heard through contacts that Marmot used most of their water fire fighting over the summer so are unable to make any significant amount of snow on the lower mountain this year. Adding in the snow making is what allowed them move their opening from early December to early November (and extend their season to the beginning of May) so I would guess they won't open for a few weeks at least. :(

Lower mountain camera today. The machines are out but very minimal snow has been made.

As a previous Jasperite who was forced to leave due to the lack of reasonably affordable rental housing for my wife and I. I am finally excited to see the new Parks Canada land use policy restricting rentals of ADUs, including secondary suites, for periods less than 30 days. This will help Jasper become less transient and build a healthier community.

Can anyone clarify or confirm if this will finally restrict and hopefully eliminate homeowners from running “approved accommodation/short-term rentals” Airbnb-style in residential homes intended for eligible residents who are employed in Jasper National Park?

I'll be in Jasper next August and would like to see Spirit Island at sunset. The classic cruise (15 minutes on Spirit Island) has slots up till 6 pm, while the premium cruise (30 minutes on Spirit Island) is only at 5 pm.

I would like the extra 15 minutes, but I'm wondering if 5 pm in August is too early. The cruise lasts 2 hours, so maybe it's scheduled so that it stops at Spirit Island at sunset?

What time of day would you reccomend for a wildlife watching guided tour? Early orning or 5:30 pm?

Any experience with Maligne Adventures?