Shorter lines at attractions like the Spirit Island cruise, Athabasca Glacier Snocoach rides, the Jasper Tramway or Miette Hot Springs.
Less visitors than the peak months of July and August Pros of visiting Jasper National Park in September Pros Here is a list of pros and cons of Jasper National Park in September: Visiting Jasper National Park in September offers several advantages compared to the peak months of July and August while still being somewhat of a peak month like its cousin June. The weather can change quickly from warm and sunny to cold, windy and rainy/snowy.If you are thinking about visiting Jasper National Park in September and wondering if it is a good time to visit, you are in for a treat.Īll-in-all, the only major trade-off is the likelihood of cooler weather in September compared to July and August – though a given September day can be warmer than an August one. Have some extra warm layers, a warm hat, and some light gloves or mitts in your pack - I keep the latter items in my pack all summer long, and have used them in every month. these include the teahouse hikes at Lake Louise (Lake Agnes, Plain of Six Glaciers), Larch Valley, Eiffel Lake (all these are in Banff National Park) and here in Jasper National Park: Cavell Meadows, the Bald Hills, the Opal Hills, Wilcox Pass.Īmong the easier hikes that would fill your request for vistas would be Parker Ridge (northern Banff NP), and here in Jasper NP, the Valley of the Five Lakes, the Old Fort Point loop, and perhaps the first couple of kilometres on the Wilcox Pass trail. such fun, going down stairs! LOL) If your wife is having knee issues, I am wondering if she will be up to many of the classic hikes here in the Canadian Rockies, many of which are considered "moderate", but do have sustained uphill sections (downhill on the return). The challenge on the uphill portion of the hike is aerobic on the downhill portion, if you have not been doing similar hikes recently, you will feel it in your knees and your quadriceps (especially the next day. even though I live at 3500 feet here in Jasper, I always notice the elevation a bit when I hike for the first few times in the season at higher elevations (say, 5500 feet and up, and definitely more noticeable up at 7000 feet and higher). The thing is, though, that some trails do that gain gradually over quite a distance, which makes them seem easier, and others are level or gently uphill for awhile and then have a steep elevation gain.Īlso, what the starting elevation is can make a difference to one's perceived level of exertion. it would be a hike of 8 to, say, 12-15 kilometres (which is from 5 to 7 - 9 miles), with maybe 1200 to about 1500 or 1600 feet of elevation gain (that's approx. My own definition of "moderate" generally jives with what is used in guidebooks or what's on the Parks Canada site, I'll give you some info on that. But "no constantly strenuous climbs" is open to interpretation many trails here in the mountains - especially the ones with the best views - go uphill to the turn-around point, and then you come back down to the trailhead. Even assuming that one hour of that time is taken up with stops (for lunch, photo breaks, etc.), at an average pace of 3 km/hr, that would be a 15 km round trip. Hmmm, assuming moderate fitness, one can cover a lot of ground in six hours.
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