{"id":2507,"date":"2022-09-08T02:16:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T02:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.bltierney.com\/?p=2507"},"modified":"2022-09-08T02:16:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T02:16:58","slug":"week-16-jasper-national-park-alberta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.bltierney.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/08\/week-16-jasper-national-park-alberta\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 16: Jasper National Park, Alberta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It was time to do laundry and get out of the van for a few days, so we booked an AirBNB for 5 nights in Hinton, which is about 30 minutes from the border of Jasper national park (Rooms in the town of Jasper were crazy expensive or booked). I did a day trip into Jasper from Hinton to do the Sulphur Skyline Trail<\/a> followed by a soak in Miette Hot Springs<\/a>. Then I went down to Jasper to grab a campsite before the labor day holiday weekend (they do labor day in Canada too). I went back and picked up Christine 2 days later–she had been enjoying the lovely sunsets in Hinton. Jasper has several smaller campgrounds that are ‘first come first served’, so if you arrive around 10am you can get a great spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I loved Jasper National Park. Despite one of the days being very hot and smokey, I was able to do several amazing hikes (my favorite was the Edith Cavell Meadows Trail<\/a>) and some great mountain bike riding. The impressive Athabasca Falls<\/a> was near our campground<\/a> too. Christine did the 1.5 hour Maligne Lake Boat Trip<\/a>, which would have been much better without the heavy smoke that day, while I did a bike ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been getting more into biking trails, and the ride to Lower Fryatt Campground<\/a> was perfect for my skill level. There were several groups of cyclists who overnighted there in a great little campground with a big pile of free firewood and an outhouse. This is the first time I’ve seen a backcountry campground specifically targeted to mountain bikers. Is this common? Quite cool! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The town of Jasper is very cute, and looks like it would be a nice place to live, despite the number of tourists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full set of photos for this week are here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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View from the Jasper Park Lodge (we had lunch here).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Views from Sulphur Skyline Trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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