Day 168: Jasper

To our amazement, the good weather has continued and what better way to get a feel for the Jasper area than by taking the tramway up to Whistlers Mountain to take in the view. From up here we could see Patricia Lake, Pyramid Lake, Annette and Edith Lakes, Beauvert Lake and Jasper Lodge, the Colin Range of mountains, the greyish Athabasca River and the banana-shape of the Jasper townsite. To the west we could see a bright white Mt Robson standing tall above its neighbours, and to the south (once we climbed a short way up the mountain) we could see Mts Kerkeslin and Edith Cavell. We haven't been up in the Banff gondola before - somehow it's never appealed - but this is the second time we've been up to Whistlers Mountain. Of course it helps that you can get a discount when you book the Maligne Lake cruise as well (that's for tomorrow!).

Jasper