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Wildlife is abundant, even right in the town of Jasper. Where else will you find a herd of elk grazing on the lawn? The Jasper SkyTram whisks you up Whistler’s Mountain to an elevation of 7,472 feet for stunning vistas over mountain ranges stretching up to 50 miles. Explore unlimited hiking and back-country terrain in the high alpine country. Witness the towering waterfalls at Maligne Canyon. The whirling and tumultuous water has worn the canyon, only six feet wide in some places, to a depth of more than 165 feet. Maligne Lake is famed for the colour of its water, the surrounding peaks, the three glaciers visible from the lake and Spirit Island, one of the most photographed locations in the world. Few summits in the park canmatchMt. Edith Cavell’s craggy beauty. A small, powder-blue Angel Glacier is easily reached by a short, self-guiding trail that winds its way along the shores of the lake. The Jasper Park Lodge, one of Canada’s luxury railway hotels, is a 700-acre, year-round luxury mountain resort which wraps around the shores of Lac Beauvert and Canada’s number-one Resort Golf Course. The resort’s village of cedar chalets and luxury cabins, all connected by picturesque paths, offer guests unique access to explore the natural environment surrounding the resort. Awinding road leads to Patricia and Pyramid lakes where fishing, picnicking, boating and hiking are popular. Rental facilities include horseback riding, boating, canoeing, windsurfing and sailing. The Icefields Parkway joins the two parks of Jasper and Banff in one of the most breathtaking, beautiful drives that anyone can travel in the world. A series of massive glaciers line the entire length of the Icefield Parkway, with the Columbia Icefield lying along the parkway at the southern end of Jasper National Park. Massive ice explorers, specially designed for glacial travel, take passengers on a remarkable excursion onto the surface of the Athabasca Glacier, where passengers can safely step out onto the glacier and stand on this powerful ancient ice. The recently opened Glacial Skywalk over the Athabasca Glacier lets you experience waterfalls, wildlife, fossils and more on an exciting cliff-edge walkway that leads to a platform where glass is all that separates you from a 918-foot drop. The fact that you can go about anywhere just with nature and forget about the rest – that’s my favourite part. That feeling of being free is awesome. RV Lifestyle I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. —John Burroughs CSANews | SPRING 2017 | 27

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