Explore Jasper area

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Day 5

6/25/26 Thursday

Looks like another beautiful windless day. Expecting some rain later in the day. We shall see. 

Leisurely morning since we are staying put for the day. We have another night in this campground and we intend to bicycle around some trails along the Athabasca River and to Pyramid Lake this morning.

22 miles total. 13 miles to Pyramid lake round trip and 9 miles along the Athabasca River Valley and riding around a couple other lakes. Some road riding and some single track. Very enjoyable routes. Some climbing to Pyramid Lake and then relatively flat on the mountain bike trails along the river and small lakes. 

Pyramid Lake and Pyramid mountain. 

Pyramid Lake. I was enjoying the thunderhead cloud building in the back
Beautiful morning on the glass-like Pyramid Lake.
Behind it is Pyramid Mountain.
An old CCC bridge built to the island.
We came across this plaque later but this is the group of interned laborers from Ukraine and Eastern Europe that built the bridge and many other places in the area.
This tree stump has probably had millions of photos taken on it and millions of feet pounding the soil to the point it is stripped completely naked of soil at the base.

Athabasca River running very fast- high water I’m guessing. Starts at the Columbia Icefields and flows into the Mackenzie River drainage at Athabasca Lake fairly close to the Arctic Ocean. 

Traveling through the burned forest on our mountain bikes. Advantage to being able to see further after the fire.
Pyramid Mountain through the “sticks”
Annette Lake near the river.
Surprise encounter on our bike ride. We were both fascinated by the content of the scat. Jim thinks it buffaloberry seeds!
This area is very, very beary, but we never saw one.
Athabasca River. It was moving really fast and it was quite high.
Another beautiful view of the river

We decided to eat out in Jasper for dinner. Help out the recovering economy since the fire. There was one side of town with all new buildings but most of the town on the northside was saved. I liked a few of these historical old buildings.

The visitor center and common park area.

After dinner we took the excursion on the Jasper SkyTram. It was such a warm, beautiful day it seemed perfect to go to the top and see the view of the area.

Top of Whistlers Mountain above Jasper

Looking up the river to the south
Looking at Pyramid Lake and Jasper where we bicycled today
Jasper and the Athabasca River,
Annette Lake on the top right.
Looking down on our campground
This tram was built in the 1960’s. It has newer windows and the cables were replaced after the fire. It is going to be replaced in the next year with a gondola.
Have you heard this Canadian term before? It’s new to me…
but we can meet there if there’s an emergency up here

The oddity of the day… Jumbo carrots. I have never seen those in a grocery store before!

One thought on “Explore Jasper area”

  1. Hey Jim and Suzy! I am finally caught up on your travels. Wow! Sounds like a great trip! 10 weeks! I am jealous. Love all the beautiful photos and stories. Funny to see a muster station on top of the mountain…..that is always the first line of business when on a cruise ship. Ha!Ha!

    Love following along……be safe and enjoy! You are only missing snow storms and flooding in Montana.

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