Leaving Jasper National Park

July 5, 2024 – Friday

We started the morning driving to the Columbia Icefield Center to use their WIFI and update the blog.  After that we continued to drive north towards the city of Jasper.  We first stopped at the Sunwapta Falls.  

Next we stopped at an area where the mountain goats come down from the cliffs to eat dirt.  The dirt gives them the minerals that the need and cannot get on the cliffs.  We were surprised how many mountain goats were there.

We next drove to Athabasca Falls.  This was an amazing water fall that carved a short but steep and narrow canyon.  It was amazing to see the entire river passing through a narrow slot.

We arrived in the town of Jasper at 2 pm.  Our main priority was to find a laundromat and get our laundry done.  It took a few hours to complete our laundry and then we drove to the Whistler Campground where we had reservations for the night.  It was a nice evening.  Jasper is about 3000 ft lower than where we camped last night, so it was a lot warmer.

The next few days will be a lot of driving.  We will be driving from Jasper to Dawson City, Yukon, a distance of 1600 miles.