Must-Dos In Jasper National Park

Maligne Adventures

Maligne Adventures has provided rafting, wildlife and touring adventures in Jasper National Park since 1987. Let them showcase all the natural beauty, and adventure Jasper has to offer.

• Wildlife & Waterfalls with Cruise
• Wildlife Search Tour
• Wildlife & Waterfalls with Hike
• Hiker’s Shuttle
• Rafting Tours
• Rafting Combo Tours – Rafting & Wildlife

Please contact the Concierge team for more information.

From Jasper With Love

WATCH OUT! If you see this show, you may fall in love with Jasper and you’ll never leave. But no worries, Pieter and Joost are here to save you, to protect you. In this energetic, positive and fun sketch show Pieter and Joost will give you all the tools you need to protect yourself from falling in love with Jasper. This one-hour professional theater performance shows you all the best this little mountain town has to offer. ‘From Jasper with love’ makes for a perfect dramatic end to your day exploring Jasper’s outdoor playground.

Visit https://jaspertheater.ca/ to book your tickets!

Sundog Tours

Jasper Alberta, based since 1997, SunDog Tour Co., provides first-class transportation, tours, and activities to visitors of Western Canada. Locally owned and operated, they are proud to offer personalized, consistent and quality products and services throughout the Canadian Rockies and beyond.

• Widlife Search Tours
• Sunrise Photography Tour
• Ultimate Jasper Interpretive Nature Walk
• Maligne Valley Wonders of Jasper – Cruise
• Maligne Valley Wonders of Jasper – Hike
• Canoe Adventures
• Rafting (All Levels)
• Scenic Float Tour

Please contact the Concierge team for more information.

Pursuit

Pursuit offers iconic attractions like the scenic Maligne Lake Cruise to Spirit Island and awe-inspiring natural landscapes like Maligne Canyon. Jasper is located at the Northern end of the Icefields Parkway. This dramatic and scenic route leads down through the Columbia Icefield to Banff National Park, the starting point for the famous Columbia Icefield Adventure.

• Columbia Icefield Adventure
• Columbia Icefield Skywalk Only
• Maligne Lake Cruise
• Columbia Icefield Discovery Tour
• Explore Jasper Tour with Maligne Lake Cruise

In addition to the above tours, Pursuit offers transportation options to and from Banff National Park. Please contact the Concierge team for more information.

Jasper Food Tours

Downtown Foodie Tours

Four eats, four drinks and one amazing experience. On this short 1.5 KM downtown guided walk, you’ll be visiting four local restaurants and tasting four carefully handpicked dishes paired with boozy treats while listening to Jasper’s top tales along the way. What’s on the menu? Not telling. It’s all part of the adventure.

Peak-nic

A hike, a meal and a back country cooking lesson. Cooking in the outdoors is an art. It takes planning, organization, good gear and light-weight ingredients. Peak-Nic is a 3.8 KM intermediate hike up a stunning peak followed by a hands-on back-country cooking lesson, where you will learn to prepare your own gourmet meal in the outdoors using efficient and environmentally friendly outdoors cooking methods. The best part? You get to eat an amazing meal while enjoying panoramic views.

All guests must be 18+. Tours departing from the Visitor Information Centre at 500 Connaught Drive.

Please contact the Concierge team for more information.

Rockies Heli

See the Canadian Rockies the way they were meant to be seen and book a Rockies Heli Canada heli-tour or heli-adventure! Numerous Media Sources (New York Times, National Geographic, Lonely Planet) have named Canada the #1 travel destination in the world! Let them show you all we’ve got with a unique mountain adventure that is sure to be the experience of a lifetime.

• 6 Glacier Tour
• Epic Summit and Icefields tour
• Complete Columbia Icefield Tour
• 6 Glacier Tour & Twin Falls Hike
• Heli Hiking
• Heli Horseback
• Heli Fly n’ Horseback Ridge Overnight Trip
• Love in the Rockies (includes two adults)
• Exclusive Love in the Rockies (includes two adults)

Please contact the Concierge team for more information.

Journey Bike Guides

Offering guided mountain bike tours with fully certified guides. Journey Bike Guides mission is to share some of the best mountain bike trails and scenery that Jasper has to offer. A unique experience tailored specifically to every fitness and ability level. An authentic Canadian outdoor adventure!

Private Guided half-day tours are three hours from start to finish. Tours can be booked 24 hours in advance with groups up to a maximum of 9 people. Bikes are not included. Rentals are available at Vicious Cycles – 630 Connaught Drive.

Please contact the Concierge team for more information.

Guided Fishing Tours

Online sport & tackle | https://fishonlinejasper.com/

All trips include Parks Canada licensed fishing guide, rainwear and all your tackle. Lunch is included on full-day trips. Boat and electric trolling motor use is included where applicable. Hotel pick-up and transportation to the lake/river is available. Rentals of canoes, motors and batteries, rowboats with/without batteries and accessories are available – see website for pricing.

For advance trip and rentals, a 50 % deposit is required upon booking. Full refund of deposit up to 72 hours before departure.

• Half Day of Fishing
• Full Day of Fishing
• Narrows Trip
• Learn to Fly Fish

Currie’s guiding | https://www.curriesguiding.com/

• Half Day of Fishing
• Half Day of Fishing – Hike In
• Full Day of Fly Fishing – Hike in or Boat in (includes lunch)
• Far End of Maligne Lake Hike In (includes lunch)

Canadian Skyline Adventures

Small Groups, Experienced Local Guides, Beautiful Landscapes. Canadian Skyline Adventures is a small hiking business operated by Jasper Locals. Focused on offering authentic, educational, safe and beautiful guided hikes and guided running in Jasper National Park. Guided hikes are offered from May to October, weather dependent.

• Valley of the Five Lakes | Easy | 3 – 9 km
• Morro Peak | Moderate | 8.5 km
• Edith Cavell Meadows Trail | Moderate | 8.5 km
• Jasper Highlights Walking Tours {includes Valley of the Five Lakes, Old Fort Point and Malign Canyon 6 Bridges) | 6 – 7 hours
• Bald Hills | Full day | 8 km
• Opal Hills Loop Trail | Full day | 12 km
• Sunwapta Peak | Challenging | 12 km
• Interpretive Walking Tours | 2 – 3 hours or 6 – 8 hours
• Heli-Hiking on Folding Mountain with Lunch | 4 – 5 hours
• Heli-Hiking on Folding Mountain with Lunch & 30 minute flight | 4 – 5 hours

Please contact the Concierge team for more information.

Jasper Motorcycle Tours

Jasper Motorcycle Tours, each sidecar motorcycle, can carry two passengers and the driver. Tours operate daily from April to October. Departure times can be adjusted at the time of booking to fit your schedule. Tours accommodate single riders up to groups of 10. Pick-ups and Drop-offs at our Lobby. Children 10 yrs and younger are half price. This is a great rainy day activity – heated vests, leather attire is provided, and all ages and abilities can enjoy this wonderful experience!

• 1 Hour Tour | Marmot Basin Road or Jasper Outskirts
• 2 Hour Tour | Athabasca Falls or Maligne Canyon & Medicine Lake or Mount Edith Cavell
• 3 Hour Tour | Maligne Lake or Miette Hot Springs
• 5-6 Hour Tour | Icefields Parkway Tour – Recognized as a “Signature Experience” by the Canadian Tourism Commission

Please contact the Concierge team for more information.

Jasper Skytram

Jasper SkyTram provides an experience unlike any other in Canada by whisking guests to 2,263 metres, which offers easy access to a boardwalk and hiking trails in the alpine zone of the Canadian Rockies. Hike the Summit Trail to the peak of Whistlers Mountain (2,463m/8,081ft) for 360° views of six mountain ranges – including Mount Robson, the highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies. Flights go up every 9 minutes and take 7 minutes from bottom to top/top to bottom.

Don’t forget!

• Camera | Capture the best views in Jasper
• Water Bottle | Stay hydrated in the summer sun
• Sunscreen | UV levels can be high, even on cloudy days
• Clothing | Dress in layers and hiking footwear
• Check the Webcam | Check the live feed at JasperSkyTram.com
• Well behaved dogs on a leash are welcome
• Wheelchair accessible with the exception of the second floor and the summit trail

We suggest that you dress in layers as the mountain weather can be unpredictable. Sturdy footwear is a good idea if you plan on hiking the summit trail. Average temperature during the summer months is 25°C / 77°F.

Please contact the Concierge team for more information.

Rocky Mountain Canyoning

Imagine yourself a feather floating along a stream that descends into a deep cleft in the mountain, following the watercourse as it carves out the rock through centuries of dedicated action. Now envision yourself attached to a rope moving along that waterfall in a controlled descent taking in the stunning beauty that the water has carved from the rock. Canyoning is the art of descending steep-walled gorges and deep mountain valleys using ropes to control your movements. Canyoning includes jumping, walking, scrambling, sliding, wading and other means to travel through this unique and spectacular part of our world.

• Ogre Canyon
• Morro Canyon
• Two Valley Canyon
• Pleckatis Canyon

Please contact the Concierge team for more information.

Athabasca Glacier Icewalks

For 35 years, Athabasca Glacier Icewalks guides have offered safe and informative hikes at the Columbia Icefield. As the world sorts itself out, and new norms are established, here’s what we are planning for the summer of 2020 in order to maintain this safety record during such unprecedented times.

Ice cubed and icewalk in the afternoon glacier adventures

Our most popular glacier adventure. Spend half a day on the lower glacier and discover the world of ice with a professional guide. You will enjoy superb views of the Canadian Rockies while seeing first-hand how glaciers form, move, and affect the mountain environment.

Duration: 3 Hours | 5 Km (3 miles) Round Trip | Elevation Gain of 200 m (650 ft)

Icewalk deluxe glacier adventure

Spend the day on the ice with a professional guide and hike to the icefalls of the Athabasca Glacier. Venturing further up the glacier, you will see a greater variety of glacial features and get a different perspective of snow and ice movement.

Duration: 6 Hours | 8.5 Km (5 miles) Round Trip | Elevation Gain of 330 m (1000 ft)
Please contact the Concierge team for more information.

Our friendly and knowledgeable Concierge team would be delighted to assist you in planning your upcoming stay. For further assistance, please contact the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge Concierge desk at 780-852-3301 or email: [email protected].