A sometimes overlooked destination within Jasper National Park, that travellers pass by en route through the Icefields Parkway, is an easily accessible utopia for waterfall lovers. Beauty Creek lies about eighty five kilometres south of Jasper and two kilometres south of the HI Beauty Creek Hostel, along Highway 93. The 3.2 km out-and-back trail toContinueContinue reading “Chasing Waterfalls at Beauty Creek”
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‘Mountain of the Spiral Road’
Less than an hour drive west of Jasper, just across the border into British Columbia, lies an astonishing view of the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. ‘Yuh-hai-has-kun’ or ‘The Mountain of the Spiral Road,’ as it was called by the earliest known settlers in the area. It was also referred to by English explorerContinueContinue reading “‘Mountain of the Spiral Road’”
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