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Sunwapta Falls, Jasper National Park🇨🇦

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Sunwapta Falls (Jasper National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: Here I was able to bring out more vibrant colors to not just the trees and but also to the river with that green-turquoise color.

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Jasper National Park, AB (No. 8)

The park contains several major roads, most of which are intended to be scenic routes that provide access to all of the park's front-country attractions. Since a good sample of parks scenery and wildlife can be viewed from the roads themselves, driving them is considered a core part of the park experience.

Highway 16 (part of the Trans-Canada Highway and Yellowhead Highway systems) is the main route through the park and is the only major east–west corridor crossing the mountains in that area. It serves as both an important trade and travel corridor for through traffic and a tourist route allowing visitors to access and view many of the park's attractions.

The Icefields Parkway (also known as Highway 93) is a highway 230 km (140 mi) in length running from Lake Louise, Alberta, in Banff National Park, to Jasper, Alberta, where it meets Highway 16. The scenic highway runs parallel to the continental divide, providing motor and cycle access to the heart of the Canadian Rockies and is considered to one of the park's main attractions. Along its length the parkway has many viewpoints, tourist attractions, hikes and campgrounds. The Athabasca and Sunwapta Falls are both accessible by the road. In May 2014, Glacier Sky Walk opened to the public. It is glass-floored observation platform 280 metres (920 ft) over the Sunwapta Valley. Unlike Highway 16, the Icefields Parkway is strictly a tourist route, and all freight traffic is prohibited from using the road. All users must have a parks pass.

Source: Wikipedia

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Sunwapta Falls In Jasper National Park, Canada

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Sunwapta Falls

Jasper National Park AB 🇨🇦

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Day 14 Journey from Jasper to Banff First stop Athabasca Falls

And a quick roadside stop at a place I think Bruce (the bus driver) called Tickle Falls.

Then it was off to the Columbia Icefield Centre, with the view of 3 glaciers . . .

Hilda and Athabasca glaciers (left)

and Athebasca and Dome glaciers (right)

Dome Glacier is one of four glaciers fed by snow/ice/water from Snow Dome peak. Water from Snow Dome's summit can end up in the Pacific Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, or the Atlantic Ocean!

Then, all aboard an Ice Explorer

to go walk on Athabasca Glacier (and drink the glacial water!).

(Proof I was actually there)

Next stop was the Skywalk over the Sunwapta Valley

with views through the glass floor.

Then, lunch at the Altitude restaurant in the Columbia Icefield Centre before heading back on the road.

We got stuck in traffic at The Big Bend for around 35mins. This is the place where the two teams building the Icefields Parkway (one from Jasper in BC, the other from Banff in Alberta) were supposed to meet. Apparently some of the calculations were slightly out, so they "fixed" it with a giant curve in the road to bring the two ends together.

(You'll have to look closely to see the queued traffic in both directions.)

Our final official stop of the day was Peyto Lake (or a lookout above it.)

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On Saturday we started the day by gorging ourselves with carbs from the best bakery in Jasper courtesy of Papa Cheng's recommendation (Bear's Paw Bakery). And by gorge I mean Rob had a jalapeño pizza pretzel, spicy sausage roll, raspberry white chocolate scone, and 1/3 of my cinnamon bun 🤣.

We dropped by Athabasca falls and Sunwapta falls and then made it to Peyto Lake to hike to the lookout and onwards to Bow Summit Viewpoint. While it was another warm and sunny day, the conditions were completely different. While the Valley of Five Lakes was completely dry, this hike was still fully covered with snow (and full of people slipping and sliding in their sneakers and crocs). Thankfully we'd brought crampons and micro spikes so were able to stride with confidence. The trail to Bow Summit was so fun, exhausting, and HILARIOUS. The snow was a bit iffy so in many spots you had to be really careful where you were stepping (basically a balance beam width) or else you would fall knee / thigh deep into the snow - see the fifth picture for an example 🤣. We each 'fell' at least a dozen times and Rob ended up with mini cuts all over his legs as the snow was filled with little icy shards. But that didn't dampen our spirits and we fully enjoyed the exercise and the views. The sun was so bright and hot that Rob also received his first snow sunburn - on his arms, calves, and even his neck under his chin due to the sun reflecting off the snow! Afterwards we agreed this was our second favourite highlight of the trip (after the northern lights) because we had so many laughs along the way.

At the end of the day we dropped by Lake Louise to take advantage of the last weekend of free parking (😂🥲) and had another good laugh at all the people standing out on the lake in this kind of spring weather.

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Sunwapta River and Falls (Jasper National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: Here I wanted to capture an image with a portrait orientation as it had more of the rapids and then leading to the falls.

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Lower Sunwapta Falls, Canada

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Sunwapta Falls in spring.

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24th - 27th May 2024

Today we leave Jasper and head back to Canmore. Next time we will stay here a week as there is so much we didn't get to do. We got up early and went to CoCo's for breakfast and on the way out to the highway there were some Elk just sitting around. We could see the male's starting to grow their horns for the season. We stopped a short distance on the Ice Field Parkway to hike the Valley of the Five Lakes. It was a great hike and we saw lots of Chipmunks. When we came back to the bridge crossing people were just standing on both sides. A bear was just eating grass on our side of the bridge. Michael talked some other people into walking around wide off the path and getting to the bridge that way. Of course he got them to go first. It was all fine and the bear wasn't bothered by us. This was our first encounter without being in the car, so it was special. Bella got some snaps, and we got back to the car to continue our day.

We had a much better day weather wise for the drive and could see the mountains more clearly. We stopped in at Sunwapta Falls, Stutfield Glacier Viewpoint, Panther Falls (this was a climb down a mountain that Bella said would be worth it), Peyto Lake (Bella's favourite as it is shaped like a dog) where we had to walk on a snow-covered trail to the viewpoint and Bow Lake (again because it was so nice the first time. All stops except Bow Lake we couldn't do the first time because of the weather. We even saw a mountain goat on the side of the highway.

We arrived in Canmore in time for dinner at our favourite pizza place. Then checked in to our hotel.

25th May - our last day in the Rockies. We had a sleep in then went to breakfast and walked around the shops. A stroll to the Engine Bridge again before getting organised to drive back to Calgary and catch the plane to Vancouver.

26th May - It was raining today to we spent the day sleeping in, eating and playing basketball at Bella's complex's indoor stadium. We then had our farewell dinner at the Cactus Club which was delicious.

27th May - we spent our last day helping Bella fix some things on her apartment and just hanging out. We have had the best time, and the best bit was getting to spend so much time with Bella and meet Sami. There were some tears at the airport but we are looking forward to seeing Bella back home for a Christmas visit. We are also looking forward to going back in Autumn (our spring) (2026?) and seeing some Moose.

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Annette Stiers Jones

Sunwapta Falls, Jasper National Park

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Photos and text: @craig.holloway

1-. The wreck of the MV Sygna off Stockton Beach near Newcastle, Australia

2-. Sunrise at El Chaltén, Argentina looking towards Fitz Roy

3-. Sunrise at Gullfoss, Iceland

4-. Sunrise at Salto Grande Cascades. Torres del Paine National Park. Chile

5-. Sunset behind Cerro Torre at Laguna Torre, Parque Nacional Los Glaciares. Patagonia. Argentina

6-. Sunwapta Falls on the Icefields Parkway, Jasper National Park, Canadian Rockies

7-. The Aldeyjarfoss on the Sprengisandur Highland Road in North East Iceland at sunrise

8-. The Aldeyjarfoss on the Sprengisandur Rd in Northern Iceland

9-. The Breadknife at sunrise, Warrumbungle National Park, NSW, Australia

10-. The Bruarfoss in South West Iceland, a stunning but hard to find waterfall near the Golden Circle

11-. The Cathedral covered in snow. Mt. Buffalo National Park, Australia

12-. The Church of the Good Shepherd at Lake Tekapo. South Island, New Zealand. This is a two image blend, one for the sky and one for the foreground

13-. The Cuernos del Paine in the Torres del Paine National Park in Chilean Patagonian at sunrise

14-. The frozen Hooker Lake at Mt Cook, South Island, New Zealand last winter

15-. The gigantic black lava arch of Dyrholaey (door hole) in Southern Iceland

16-. The last rays of the sun striking the Aries Tor in Kosciuszko National Park, NSW, Australia

17-. The lone tree in Lake Wanaka, South Island. New Zealand just after sunrise last winter

18-. The remnants of shattered volcano on the Leirhnjukur lava field near Myvatn. Northern Iceland

19-. The ruins of the old jetty at St. Clair beach, Dunedin. New Zealand South Island

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