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The Jasper to Banff Relay was a long-distance running relay race that used to cover 258 km (160 miles) between Jasper, Alberta and Banff, Alberta. The Jasper to Banff relay ran from the years 1980 to the year 2000. In the year 2005 a revised version of the race was started, the Banff Jasper Relay.
It travels through Banff National Park and Jasper National Park and is maintained by Parks Canada for its entire length. [1] It runs from the British Columbia border at Vermilion Pass in the south, where it becomes British Columbia Highway 93 , to its terminus at the junction with the Yellowhead Highway ( Highway 16 ) at Jasper . [ 2 ]
The pass marks the boundary between Banff and Jasper national parks. The Icefields Parkway travels through Sunwapta Pass 108 km (67 mi) southeast of the town of Jasper and 122 km (76 mi) northwest of the Parkway's junction with the Trans-Canada Highway near Lake Louise. [4] The pass is the second highest point on the Icefields Parkway.
Banff is a resort town in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, in Alberta's Rockies along the Trans-Canada Highway, 126 km (78 mi) west of Calgary, 58 km (36 mi) east of Lake Louise, and 1,400 to 1,630 m (4,590 to 5,350 ft) above sea level. [5] Banff was the first municipality to incorporate within a Canadian national park.
Jasper National Park borders Banff National Park to the north, ... Between the years 1893 and 1953, Saskatchewan Glacier had retreated a distance of 1,364 m ...
Jasper National Park, in Alberta, Canada, is the largest national park within Alberta's Rocky Mountains, spanning 11,000 km 2 (4,200 sq mi). It was established as Jasper Forest Park in 1907, renamed as a national park in 1930, and declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1984. Its location is north of Banff National Park and west of Edmonton.
It is located within Banff National Park at the junction of Highway 93 (Icefields Parkway) and Highway 11 (David Thompson Highway). It is administered by Improvement District No. 9 . It was named "The Crossing", when travellers and fur traders used this spot to cross the North Saskatchewan River on their way to British Columbia in the 19th century.
The trail is 1,130 km (700 mi) long and ranges in elevation from 1,055 m (3,461 ft) at Old Fort Point trailhead near Jasper to 2,590 m (8,500 ft) at an unnamed pass above Michele Lakes, just south of the White Goat Wilderness Area.