As one of the original Rockies occupations, alpine guiding has always occupied a small but sturdy foothold in the tourism sector. Part of that resiliency, surely, has to do with the job-site; for men and women wanting to test themselves against the elements—with the counsel of a qualified profession...

First World War veteran Frank Burstrom Sr. was a Park Warden in the early years of Jasper National Park and undisputedly one of the most gifted Nordic skiers who ever called Jasper home. His herculean endurance and effortless glide carried his well-worn skis into deep powder fields, over glittery pa...

SkiMo athlete Peter Knight has rocketed up to number one on the SkiMo circuit in Canada, but although he’s a beast on the skin track, the 30-year-old Edmontonian is arguably even more savage on social media . Knight en route to victory at Marmot’s Revenge in 2018. // Bob Covey Knight has already cha...

Remembering the man and the mountaineer, Ken Wallator Wallator in Maligne Canyon, 1984. // Gadd family archive The stories about former Jasperite Ken Wallator are jaw dropping. Perhaps the most incredible one took place on the limestone cliffs on Cirrus Mountain. Wallator was establishing a new rout...

From the June 15, 2016 Jasper Local Larry Nelles calls instructions during a 2016 course in Jasper. // Bob Covey “Go around there again, put a little lope motion in your body. You might have to over-and-under like that, but see if she can drop her head and pick up that canter.” Larry Nelles is calli...

Jasper in January is heralded as the festival where you can find Jasper “at its most authentic.” While that may simply be a low-key way for Tourism Jasper to say visitors are going to have to share the street parties, ski lifts and music venues with locals, fear not: the Jasperites who are responsib...

It’s hard to think of spending the night in a tent when it’s minus 45 degrees Celsius outside, but if you want to camp in Canada’s mountain parks this summer, that’s exactly what you were doing earlier this month. At least that’s what you had hoped you’d be doing: online camping reservations opened ...

Cyril Geoffrey Wates (1883-1946) was a composer, choirmaster, science fiction writer and photographer. Cyril Geoffrey wates in 1922 // Jasper Yellowhead Museum and Archives He was also an inventor, an astronomer and an engineer. Not long after he constructed what was, at the time, the largest telesc...

A bison bone found high in the alpine near Maligne Lake is opening doors of discovery for paleo-environmental researchers in Jasper National Park. In 2016, Parks Canada historians surveying an ice patch near the headwaters of Trapper Creek were surprised to find what looked to be a bison humerus mel...

Photos by Danny Peled, Boreal River Rescue Several years ago, while spending time at the family cottage in Ontario, Jamie Orfald-Clarke and his parents went for a skate on the frozen lake. It was mid-winter. Based on how cold it had been, plus their history of enjoying countless similar skating sess...

Jasper’s Ailsa Ross has a rule: no screens before she gets outside in the morning. That means no logging into social media, no checking her phone, no firing up the laptop. Instead, she’ll head out for a walk around Cabin Creek. Or a quick bike ride. The important thing is that she doesn’t waste the ...

There aren’t many photos of the Stanko boys from their childhood in Jasper. The ones that do exist look as though the photographer had a hard time getting the three brothers to stand still long enough for a snap. “We were always on the go,” youngest brother Ron Stanko, now 60-years-old, remembered. ...

Almost three decades ago, The Jasper Booster—precursor to Jasper’s current community newspapers—had a space to fill in its newsroom. The Booster’s long-standing editorial cartoonist, Thomas Boldt—or Tab, as he became known for his work with Sun Media Newspapers—was moving on.  Then-publisher Haf Bai...

University of Alberta undergrad students are testing the collective memory of residents affected by the 2013 Obed Mountain coal mine tailings pond disaster. Biology students working with researcher Dr. Daniel Barreda, who is developing tools to measure the impact of contaminant spills in sensitive a...

Jasper’s Jesse Kertesz-Knight is carving up the ski race circuit. The 15-year-old recently returned from the Canada Winter Games where he narrowly missed the podium in the slalom event, posted a top-ten in the Super-G and was leading the giant slalom until he got a bit aggressive during his second r...

A former Olympian is helping local skiers improve their technique while raising money for two organizations that are close to his heart. As a dentist in Jasper, Dr. David Leoni is known for improving his patients’ smiles, but on two separate weekends last month it was Leoni’s passion for skiing that...

Organizers and athletes involved with Marmot Basin’s upcoming Ski Mountaineering event want Jasper residents and visitors to ski more Ski Mo. Alex Stieda has provided the main momentum for Marmot’s Revenge 2019, taking place this Saint Patrick’s Day weekend, March 16 and 17. Transition zones are bus...

Straight off the successful defending of his World 24 Hours Solo Championship in Scotland and three-peating a first place finish in Nepal , Jasper-born mountain biker Cory Wallace is pitting himself against another 24 hour challenge. On October 21, Wallace capped off an all-day-all-night sufferfest ...

For several years now, the mats at the Jasper Fitness Centre have been crimping…er, cramping…local bouldering buffs’ style. Bouldering, a form of rock climbing done on small rock formations—or in the case of an indoor gym, a wall of plastic holds—is performed without the use of ropes or harnesses. I...

Through-hikers of the Great Divide Trail are applauding recent volunteer efforts in Jasper National Park to clear a severely overgrown section of Maligne Pass. B esides being known as an historic section of trail in JNP, Maligne Pass is part of the 1,100 km GDT trail network which traverses the Cana...