Jasper National Park and Southwest

Driving from the Ice Fields north to Jasper, we passed through some great country. The mountains are a bit less rugged up here but continue to be majestic.


Waterfalls everywhere!


There's lots of wildlife, too.


We paid for our most expensive boondocking site (no hookups) just outside of the town of Jasper. It was in Whistler Campground (run by the Canadian Parks) and the cost was $25.75 per night. That's expensive parking but it's the only option.

Jasper (town) is small and we didn't find much to do there. Lots of trails and ski areas but not for us. So we left. We headed west out of the Park and then turned south. Our ultimate goal now is Vancouver but no hurry.

We found a campground (one that actually had 50-amp) in Valemount, BC and stopped there. This was really a one-horse tiny town with 3-4 tourist motels. We were driving around and found that they were full of Japanese tourists.

The good news... The "Caribou Grill"—a really nice steak house. But, the Really Good News is that they specialized in Caribou steaks. We had been looking to try these all the way through the park. Finally! They were great!!! They were even better than the Muskox stew I had in Jasper.