I'll actually be staying in Hinton, a town about 75km east of Jasper. So while I'm here I'll have to drive in to the park every day to do some hiking. (At the time that I looked for accommodation, the town of Jasper was completely booked.)
Today, I left Edmonton early, and since was before noon by the time I reached Hinton, it was too early to check in so I continued on to Jasper to see what I could do today. I stopped at Maligne Canyon, just before the town of Jasper. The canyon is very narrow and deep with fast moving water carving out interesting limestone formations. Quite a sight.
It was very busy - the parking lot was full - so there were a lot of people walking along the path by the canyon. It's about a 2 km path along the canyon. Then, there is a quieter path that continues through the trees for another 2 km to a bridge further down the river.
It was raining off and on today but fortunately not while I was walking. Afterwards I went into Jasper to stop at the Tourist Information Center, and get some information about day hikes. By then it was about 4 pm so I headed back to Hinton to check in. On the way, it was quite cloudy so there wasn't much of a view of the mountains. However on the side of the road there was this magnificent stag just grazing, not fazed at all by all the people stopping to take pictures.
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