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Jasper National Park: 12 months of adventure

Jasper National Park offers a great variety of adventures, anytime of the year. These photos reflect on some of them.

January

Maligne Canyon, Jasper National Park, in winter

February

Tangle Falls along the Icefields Parkway, Jasper National Park, in winter

March

Snowshoers on Jacques Lake, Jasper National Park

Jacques Lake, Jasper National Park in light of full "super" moon

April

Snowshoeing on Whistlers Summit, Jasper National Park

White-tailed ptarmigan in winter plumage on Whistlers summit, Jasper National Park.

May

Male mountain goat, Oreamnos americanus, along the Athabasca River, Jasper National Park.

June

Grizzly bear, Ursus arctos, digging along the Icefields Parkway

July

Family overlooking Snake Indian Falls in Jasper National Park

Aspen stand along the North Boundary Trail, Jasper National Park

August

360 degree panorama of Indian Ridge, Jasper National Park

Alpine lake below Pyramid Mountain, Jasper National Park.

Spindley Creek at Spindley Creek picnic area, Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park. (Parks Canada/Rogier Gruys)

September

The Ramparts and Amethyst Lake from Tonquin Valley Adventures dock in Jasper National Park at sunrise

Young girl walking on log at first Geraldine Lake in Jasper National Park

October

Lorraine Lake in the Maligne Valley, Jasper National Park

Pyramid mountain and the cross at the summit of Morro Peak, Jasper National Park

The full moon lights up Mt. Edith Cavell from the shore of Cavell Lake, Jasper National Park.

November

The International Space Station is captured as a straight broken line among curved star trails over Patricia Lake in Jasper National Park in a one-hour exposure.

December

Visitor snowshoeing on Overlook trail on Pyramid Bench, Jasper National Park.

Alberta, Jasper, National Parks, photography | Rogier Gruys | December 22, 2011 0:00 | Comments (2)

Jasper Dark Sky Preserve featured in Canadian Geographic

The recently announced Jasper Dark Sky Preserve is featured in the April 2011 Canadian Geographic with a 12 page spread. Read Preserving the night skies, Jasper takes the lead, on the Canadian Geographic website.

Alberta, Canada, Jasper, National Parks | Rogier Gruys | March 18, 2011 20:00 | Comments (1)

Tips on taking night photographs

Leading star and northern lights photographer Yuichi Takasaka gives some great tips on how to take successful night photos. Yuichi was the photographer for the recent Canadian Geographic article on Jasper’s Dark Sky Preserve.

Alberta, Canada, Jasper, National Parks, photography | Rogier Gruys | 20:00 | Comments (0)

Jasper Dark Sky Preserve largest in the world

Jasper National Park was declared the world’s largest Dark Sky Preserve today. Dark Sky Preserves (DSP) are areas designated by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) that promote responsible lighting, offer public observing sites for quality night sky viewing, and have active and engaging public outreach programs about astronomy and responsible lighting. They also demonstrate leadership in responsible lighting within their facilities. Including Jasper, there are currently 11 sites in Canada that have received DSP designation. This is more than all of the other DSPs in the world combined.

Jasper is not only the biggest DSP in the world, but also larger than all other preserves combined. The park offers great night sky observation opportunities, such as this halo around a moon on a cold winter night just outside of the town of Jasper. More information about observation sites, clear sky forecasts and maps can be found on jasperdarksky.org.

Halo around the moon over Whistler mountain, Jasper National Park.

Alberta, Jasper, National Parks | Rogier Gruys | March 11, 2011 21:00 | Comments (5)

New Jasper hiking guide comes with electronic trail data

Hiking Jasper trail guide

Rob Bryce’s new Hiking Jasper and Robson is a hiking guide with a twist. It has descriptions of 70 trails in Jasper National Park and Mt. Robson Provincial Park, but, it also comes with a DVD that has GPS data for all 70 hikes on it, including elevation profiles, Google Earth map overviews, and tracks and waypoints that can easily be downloaded to a GPS. If you are a technophile, or like to carefully plan your hikes, this guide is for you.
The guide is available at stores in Jasper, MEC in Alberta and BC, and soon some other stores in the region. Or it is available online at Canadian Rockies Books.

Alberta, BC, hiking, Jasper, National Parks, trekking | Rogier Gruys | May 26, 2010 16:00 | Comments (3)