Cirrus Mountain to Big Berland, AB: Part 2 (6/20/2017)

Day 7 (continued)
Monday, June 26, 2017 (continued)
From the Jasper Skytram and Whistler Mountain, we headed into the town of Jasper.

1964: View north in Jasper, AB (Dr M)

2017: View north in Jasper, AB

We had lunch at the Jasper Brewing Company

Elk Meatloaf

Connaught Avenue, Jasper

Two Brothers Totem (2011) tells the Haida
story of a journey long ago from the west coast islands
of Haida Gwaii to the Rocky Mountains and of the
 unusual connection between two very different places

Vintage railroad car, the 1955 Park observation lounge and vista dome,
part of the Canadian train route from Toronto to Vancouver

Jasper Visitor Centre (1913-1914, as the Jasper National Park
Administration Building until 1972)

Tamiko with Jasper, the Bear (a Roadside America
attraction), was created in 1948 by James Simpkins as
a cartoon character featured in MacLean’s Magazine,
and was adopted as the official mascot of
Jasper National Park in 1962 (KSS)

Former Jasper Fire Hall (1936 in Rustic style)

Jasper Post Office

Baxter's Souvenirs (looks like it was here in 1964!)

1964: Getting gas at Esso (Dr M) 

2017: Getting gas at Esso in Jasper

In Jasper, we turned east on Yellowhead Highway/TC-16, then made a detour on Maligne Lake Road.

Maligne Canyon: narrow (to 2 m/6.6')
and deep (up to 50 m/160')

Waterfall in Maligne Canyon

Recent wildfire damage (through raindrops on the car window)

Medicine Lake, which fills with snowmelt, then disappears as it is not
really a lake, but where the Maligne River backs up during spring runoff

Maligne Lake, the largest natural lake in the Rockies, and where
we ran into the thickest swarm of mosquitoes

Back to Yellowhead Highway/TC-16.

1964: Athabasca River on the left and Talbot Lake on the right (Dr M)

2017: Athabasca River on the left and Talbot Lake on the right (7/19/2017)

Another detour on Miette Road.

Miette Hot Springs

One of the two Miette Hot Springs pools (note the steam rising to the left)
the hottest hot springs in the Canadian Rockies with a temperature of
54°C/129°F, which is cooled to 40°C/104°F for the pool

The mountain setting of Miette Hot Springs

Ashlar Ridge, a wall of limestone

We continued on Yellowhead Highway/TC-16 to Hinton, AB.

1964: Bighorn sheep (females) (Dr M)

Ovis canadensis canadensis/Bighorn Sheep (7/19/2017)

Dinner was at Smitty's

Because the weather forecast was for severe thunderstorms and rain, we decided not to camp at Big Berland, but instead stayed at the Crestwood Hotel in Hinton, AB.