Journey to Jasper in January. (Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada)

From: Sunset | Date: January 1, 1993| Author: Hunter, Cynthia | Copyright information

The park's original resort is welcoming winter visitors again

ALBERTA'S JASPER NATIONAL Park encompasses a chunk of the Canadian Rockies larger than any other national park in Canada or the United States outside of Alaska. Yet, unlike Banff, its smaller but better-known neighbor to the south, Jasper seems to clear out in winter, except for the elk, bighorn sheep, and other conspicuous wildlife that make the 4,200-square-mile park their year-round home.

Until a few y...

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