The town of Jasper is important tourist center of Canadian Rockies. Rather then visiting gift shops I preferred to see the beauty of the nature in the surroundings. The Athabasca river passing by and small lakes close to it are very picturesque… But for me the most interesting place close to Jasper is the area of Mount Edith Cavell. To get there first you drive 20 minutes south to the bottom of the mountain. Then there is 14 km of the narrow switchbacks climbing to the little hostel. Due to enormous number of holes in the road I called it Holes’ Parkway. From the car park close to the hostel you have a nice view of the giant mountains and glaciers. But it is also worth to take a 800m walk to a little glacier lake. The calving Edith Cavell glacier produce little icebergs – they are sailing in the lake – the view is unusual! It was snowing when I was there… Snow in mid-September? Why not? – Just take your gloves with you!
