Fall Trip 5 - Jasper = Fav Photos 2015

Fall Trip Part 5 - Jasper National Park

Hilda Ridge

After ascending the Big Bend mountain pass into Jasper, we decided to take a
break at Hilda Ridge so everyone could get out and stretch their legs.

They found hiking through the boulder field a bit too strenuous....

....especially for Holly...

But Coco found some interesting 'fuzzy flowers'....

the Icefields Centre

It was snowing high in the mountains, and the weather wasn't the greatest when we pulled into the far parking lot at the Icefields Centre. It's one of my very favourite spots along the entire Icefields Parkway. It wasn't ideal for photos right then, so I only took a few - thinking we'd get another chance in a few days on our way back south. But little did we know that the weather would continue to get worse over the next few days, so it was a good thing I did take a few photos after all.....

"Is that a bus going out onto that glacier?" "No, it's a Snowcoach."

Athabasca Falls

One of the most popular tourist spots along the Icefields Parkway in Jasper National Park,
is the beautiful Athabasca Falls just south of the town of Jasper.

It's always a very busy place, frequented by busloads of tourists. I only took Holly and Lonnie with me, and was feeling rather self-conscious because the only places to take good photos was along the railings at the overlooks where all the people are, and there was a photography tour group with members and their big expensive photo equipment set up in almost all the good spots. So I waited for them to finish and leave.

Jasper, Along Hwy 16

It was a rare sunny morning when we went out east from Jasper townsite to look at all the small lakes
and ponds along Hwy 16. But the dark clouds were already moving in....

Maligne Lake

One of the highlights of any trip to Jasper National Park, is a visit to Maligne Lake.
The sun had disappeared and it was cold and windy, but we went to the 'Boat Launch' to get out and about....

The kids posed on the dock....

Medicine Lake

Heading up Maligne Lake Road back towards Jasper, we stopped at Medicine Lake. The lake has a 'drain' where the water sinks underground, so the lake level varies at different times of the year. In late fall water levels are very low....