Jasper and the Athabasca Valley is probably the most dramatically beautiful places I've been. The mountains are tall and jagged, the trees are thick and green, the river is a georgous clean turquoise colour. Deer and Elk roam the streets.

My first day in Jasper was cloudy and drizzly. Although you could see the valley, the mountains were all shrouded under the cloud. It wasn't a letdown though. I went on a couple of walks and saw plenty of wildlife (of a herbivorous nature).





The following day it brightened up and the views all around where quite breathtaking. In the morning I walked out to a place called old fort point, which is part way up a mountain and gives a 360 degree of the whole Athabasca Valley. Later on, I took the cable car up to the top of Mount Whistler. I've got a couple of hundred photos of the views, these are some of the best: