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# Jasper National Park
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/jasper-national-park/
- Published: 2017-07-23T16:32:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-04T14:51:51.000Z
- Description: Jasper National Park is the largest national park in the Canadian Rockies. I had booked a full-day hike on the Athabasca Glacier. My hike to Mt Edith Cavell was cut short by an aggressive grizzly bear.
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Photography

Jasper National Park is the largest national park in the Canadian Rockies, extending over 11,000 square kilometres. I had booked a full-day hike on the Athabasca Glacier and spent nearly seven hours on the ice. Even so we only made it to the first icefall. I would have loved to go further, to explore the crevasses and to see what lies beyond. My hike to Mt Edith Cavell, one of the most beautiful in the park, was cut short by an aggressive grizzly bear. I thought it wise to turn back. I drove the Icefields Parkway, which connects the towns of Jasper and Lake Louise, in both directions and it is indeed a stunning drive.

![Mount Athabasca, Jasper National Park, Canada](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/jasper-national-park-1.jpg)

Mount Athabasca, Jasper National Park, Canada

The mighty Mount Athabasca in Jasper National Park. From the ridge you can tell how far and high the Athabasca glacier once came.

![Jasper National Park](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/jasper-national-park-3.jpg)

![Athabasca Glacier Jasper National Park](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/jasper-national-park-5.jpg)

Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/jasper-national-park-8.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/jasper-national-park-9.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/jasper-national-park-12.jpg)

Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park.

![River of melt water on the Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Canada](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/jasper-national-park-13.jpg)

River of melt water on the Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Canada

It was a warm day and there were entire rivers of melt water on the glacier. Some sections of the glacier are covered with ash causing it to melt even faster.

![A deep crevasse of melt water on the Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Canada](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/jasper-national-park-11.jpg)

A deep crevasse of melt water on the Athabasca Glacier

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/jasper-national-park-2.jpg)

![Tangle Creek Falls, Jasper National Park](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/jasper-national-park-4.jpg)

Tangle Creek Falls, Jasper National Park

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