The Wild Side of the Rocky Mountains
With a plethora of wildlife awaiting you just outside your cabin door, Canada's #1 Resort Golf Course, as rated by the readers of SCOREGolf Magazine, unrivaled skiing, exceptional regional cuisine and an abundance of outdoor adventure opportunities, The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge hotel promises all guests an experience they won't soon forget.
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Summer Activities
Boating
The Boathouse at The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge is located on the shores of Lac Beauvert. Canoes, paddleboats and kayaks can be rented by half-hour or by the hour.
Canoes: Full Hour $40.00 CAD/Half Hour $30.00 CAD
Kayaks: Full Hour $40.00 CAD/Half Hour $30.00 CAD
Paddleboats: Full Hour $30.00 CAD/Half Hour $25.00 CAD
Maligne Boat Cruises
Maligne Lake is the second largest glacier lake in the world. The boat cruises take 90 minutes round trip. Cruise to Spirit Island, the most photographed island in the world. Located on Maligne Lake Road, which is 48 km (30 mi) from the hotel.
Guided Fishing
Guided fishing is available through several companies in Jasper. Half and full-day trips are available which include transportation and equipment. For more information, please call the Concierge Desk.
River Float Trips
Experience a unique perspective of Jasper National Park, on a safe and comfortable float trip down the Athabasca River. You will travel 16 kilometers in a specially designed 25 foot, 25-passenger raft. Sit back and enjoy the scenery, as your guide will do all the rowing. Shuttle service is provided and your bus driver will pick you up at the Main Lodge.
Whitewater Rafting
Put on a wetsuit and paddle an eight-person raft down the mighty Athabasca River with Whitewater Rafting (Jasper) Ltd. Experts guide you down the routes traveled by the early fur traders. Three rafting trips ranging in degree of difficulty and length of trip are available.
Interpretive Walking Programs
This guided Nature Walk features rolling hills, forest, meadows, marshes, streams and beautiful glacial lakes. Your licensed interpreter will lead the 4km walk as you explore the abundant flora along the route. A great opportunity to spot wildlife! The walking pace is leisurely and perfect for all ages. Please note the location of this walk is subject to weather and trail conditions.
Mount Edith Cavell Meadow
This six-kilometer hike encompasses some of the most stunning scenery to be seen anywhere. Your guide will lead you to several viewpoints overlooking the moraine fields, bright glacial lakes, and the huge 1,000-meter face of Mt. Edith Cavell. As you hike up the trail it will gradually open up into the lush alpine meadow carpeted with wildflowers. Some level of fitness is required.
Columbia Icefield Tours
The Icefields Parkway is considered one of the most scenic highways in the world. The Columbia Icefield is located on the boundary of Banff and Jasper National Parks. One of the largest accumulations of ice and snow south of the Arctic Circle, it covers an area of nearly 325 square kilometres. The continuous accumulation of snow feeds eight major glaciers including the Athabasca, Dome, and Stutfield Glaciers, all visible from the Icefields Parkway.
Open April to October. Full-day round-trips available from Jasper. See the Concierge Desk for more information.
Miette Hot Springs
You won’t soon forget the drive up the wild Fiddle valley to the hottest mineral springs in the Rockies. Flowing from the mountain at 54°C, the water is cooled to a comfortable temperature of 40°C as it enters the pools. Peaceful surroundings with two hot pools, a cool plunge pool, a cafe and souvinir shop. Open April to October.
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Winter Activities
Dogsledding
Dogsledding is offered by different companies in Valemount, BC. Half or full-day trips can be arranged. For rates and reservations, please contact the Concierge at The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge.
Wagon Rides/Sleighrides
Ride through this winter wonderland the old-fashioned way, listening to the jingling bells of a horse-drawn sleigh. Ask the Concierge for more details.
Adults (ages 13 and up) $17.00 CAD
Children (ages 6-12) $8.50 CAD
Children 5 and under are free.
Snowmobiling Tours
Available just west of Jasper National Park in Valemount, British Columbia, or east in Hinton, Alberta, these guided tours are breathtakingly beautiful and surprisingly easy. Ride to the top of a mountain and survey the beautiful scenery.
Snowshoeing
Try out this arctic mode of transportation on the trails of the property or take a heli-tour and explore the peaks with an experienced guide. Snowshoes are available at Rocky Mountain Rentals, located in the lower level of the main building.
Maligne Canyon Ice Walk
Enjoy a two-hour guided hike during the day or night time, through the frozen ice falls and ice caves of Maligne Canyon. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see this natural wonder of the area.
Cross-Country Skiing
Available from December to April
Guests can rent skis starting at $20.00 per adult, per day Lessons and ski excursions with BBQ lunch available. There are over 62 miles (100 km) of groomed trails within one hour of The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge.
Ice Skating
Enjoy two groomed skating rinks on Lac Beauvert and Lake Mildred. Night time skating parties with hot chocolate, a bonfire, music and lights are available on Lac Beauvert, while round-the-lake oval and hockey rink for pick-up games are available on Lake Mildred. Visit Rocky Mountain Cross-Country Ski and Skate Rentals for all of your equipment needs.
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Mountain Biking
Mountain bike rentals are available on property.
Hourly Rates
Adult Mountain Bikes: $25.00 CAD
Cruisers: $25.00 CAD
Children Mountain Bikes: $10.00 CAD
Tandem Bike: $35.00 CAD
Chariot Caddie Trailer: $15.00 CAD
Daily Rates
Adult Mountain Bikes: $75.00 CAD
Cruisers: $45.00 CAD
Children Mountain Bikes: $30.00 CAD
Tandem Bike: $75.00 CAD
Chariot Caddie Trailer: $35.00 CAD
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Horseback Riding
Skyline Trail Rides operates modern full-service stables and offers trail rides around the lakes, rivers, canyons and hills. Private rides, riding lessons, and pony rides are also available.
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Jasper Tramway
The experience of being gently transported into Jasper National Park’s alpine tundra will captivate all ages and is merely the beginning of an experience the whole family will cherish.
Jasper Tramway is the longest and highest guided aerial tramway in Canada and the only guided aerial ropeway in the Canadian Rockies. Providing visitors with unprecedented views of six mountain ranges, glacial fed lakes, the Athabasca river (Alberta’s longest) and the scenic mountain town-site of Jasper.
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The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge Golf Club
Stanley Thomspon, Canada's master golf course architect, displayed his finest work with his design of The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge Golf Course. It's hard to imagine a course that hugs snow-capped mountains, meanders past glacial-fed lakes and through a wildlife corridor featuring elk, caribou, bears and wolves.
Thompson had the vision and led the team that conceived of and constructed a world-class course in the heart of a Unesco World Heritage Site over 80 years ago. Thompson carved fairways from the surrounding forests, giving top priority to the natural contours of the mountains. As a result, the par 71 course features elevated tee boxes, dramatic bunkers and vistas that scan the surrounding mountain peaks.
A stunning natural setting, combined with unparalleled bunkering, makes The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge Golf Club a "must play" course. Play a round on the Wild Side of the Rocky Mountains.
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Superb Skiing
Marmot Basin is Jasper's downhill ski area. Boasting 84 named trails, open bowl skiing, uncrowded groomed slopes, superb facilities, and more than 1,650 acres of skiable terrain, Marmot Basin offers something for everyone! The ski area's modern lift system carries 11,931 skiers uphill per hour and Marmot Basin is one of the least crowded ski areas of its size in all of North America. From long, gentle winding novice runs, to steep, high alpine bowls and chutes, skiers snowboarders of all abilities will find what they are looking for at Marmot Basin. Marmot Basin is located only 11 miles (19 km) from The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge. Rentals, ski shop and daycare are available at the hill.
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Call of the Wild
Jasper is home to some extraordinary wildlife. Sightings are frequesnt as you are immersed in the center of it all. Elk, bighorn sheep, goats, black and grizzly bears, cougars, deer, moose, raptors, wolves and coyotes are just some of the species that call Jasper home.
Be sure to bring your camera, wildlife encounters are almost guaranteed!
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