Maligne Canyon Winter Hiking

JASPER, Alberta See Canadian Rockies wildlife in its natural habitat on a guided sightseeing tour. Sundog Tours offers wildlife sightseeing tour packages that set off into the wilderness of Jasper National Park in search of native Canadian wildlife.

There are a host of exceptional ice climbing opportunities in Jasper National Park north of Banff National Park. In the summertime, the drive would be west on the TransCanada Highway to Lake Louise, then north on the Icefield Parkway. It is one of the most spectacular rides on the planet through a narrow valley with tall mountains towering on both sides. In the winter time the Icefield Parkway, which passes the massive Columbia Icefield, is frequently closed due to avalanche activity blocking the highway. Often it can take several days to reopen the road. It is shorter and faster, but check for conditions. There is no good recovery. For this trip the Parkway is closed and our early morning start is on the alternate route which is a 3 hour drive north on Highway 2 to Edmonton, then 6 hours west on Highway 16 through the coal mining area of Wabamun, Evansburg, Edson and Hinton into Jasper National Park. The scenic drive passes by the entrance to Fiddle Valley and Miette Hot Springs and on to the town of Jasper. It is a long drive but the approach to the mountains, although different, is no less spectacular than the drive west from Calgary to Banff National Park.

Cameo and Ken are a couple of working stiffs who discovered long ago that life's more satisfying when they're chasing grizzlies and climbing mountains.