Jasper is a small community of 5200 people tucked away amid the mountains of the Canadian Rockies. Walk around and explore the shops and local restaurants and bakeries.

Our personal recommendations:

Breakfast - Sunhouse Cafe (610 Patricia Street, up the stairs)

Lunch - Patricia Street Deli (610 Patricia Street, bottom of the stairs)

Baked goods - Bear Paw Bakery (4 Pyramid Lake Road)

Visit the Parks Canada website to learn more about trails in Jasper and rules and regulations of hiking in the park.

Hike the trails along Maligne Canyon! Expore waterfalls, fossils, potholes, underground stream outlets, the nests of ravens and rare black swifts, unexpectedly lush plant life and the startling effects of frost action. Swirling, churning water has worn the canyon, only two metres across at some points, to a depth of more than 50 metres.

Visit one of the most powerful falls to be found in the mountain national parks.

Sunwapta Falls is just one of the many waterfalls in Jasper created by hanging valleys. Sunwapta Falls is also the trailhead for a beautiful backcountry trail that features campgrounds along the Athabasca River and majestic peaks towering in the background.

Visit the Parks Canada website to learn about canoeing, kayaking, paddleboarding, traction kiting, boating and fishing around the Jasper area.

Connecting two Canadian national parks and linking Lake Louise in the south with Jasper in the north, the Icefields Parkway is one of the top 10 scenic drives in the world. The 230-km journey through the heart of the Canadian Rocky Mountains offers the opportunity to travel through protected wildlife habitats and to witness nature at work. The area, almost as if frozen in time, allows a glimpse of a place where early European fur traders, explorers, railroaders and mountaineers used to roam.

An impressive 3,300-metre peak, Mount Edith Cavell is named after a British nurse executed during World War I for her part in helping Allied prisoners escape occupied Brussels. A narrow 14 kilometre road brings visitors close to the mountain's awesome north face, an area famous for interesting moraines, the Cavell Meadows, alpine flowers and spectacular views of Angel Glacier.

Vehicle size restrictions for Cavell Road: Maximum length 25 feet

No trailers and large motorhomes allowed on Cavell Road. Drop-off area located in the parking lot at the start of Cavell Road on 93A.