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The view from...Jasper

by Lucie McLean : June 20, 2009 - 17:39 : : 1 comments

So after a few days checking out Banff, we headed along the highway, through more incredible mountains and past the Colombia Icefields, to Jasper.
 
Talk about chalk and cheese. Where as Banff is a slick, modern town with a Louis Vuitton and Gap, Jasper is a low level, simple small town with very few chain stores or restaurants and some comedy retro accommodation.
 
The railway line runs down the opposite side of the high street - carrying a succession of huge industrial trains plus the occasional tourist carrier.

The view from...Banff

by Lucie McLean : June 15, 2009 - 18:07 : : 3 comments

I've never been to a ski resort out of season - until now. I'm in Banff, Alberta - and it's jawdroppingly gorgeous.

Marmot Basin installing longest high speed quad in the Alberta Rockies

by Liz McLean : May 27, 2009 - 14:20 : : 0 comments

 
Jasper's Marmot Basin in Alberta is taking on a significant ski lift development for the upcoming season, and it's not even summer yet! What's being worked on? It's the longest new high-speed quad chairlift in the Alberta Canadian Rockies.
 
The slope length is approximately 2,300 meters and a vertical rise of 596 meters, and replaces the Tranquilizer Chair and the Kiefer T-Bar.

First Canadian resorts open for the season

Two of Alberta’s resorts have opened for the season. Mt. Norquay and Lake Louise opened the slopes on Saturday November 8 to allow skiers and riders access to the earliest snow in Canada. Mt.

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