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This is a route-map template for the Whistler Sea to Sky Climb, a former Rocky Mountaineer route in British Columbia, Canada. For a key to symbols, see {{ railway line legend }} . For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap .
The Whistlers is a 2,470-metre (8,100-foot) mountain summit located in Jasper National Park, in the Trident Range of the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. The municipality of Jasper is situated 7 kilometres to the northeast. The nearest higher neighbor is Indian Peak, 2.5 km (1.6 mi) to the southwest. [1]
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The idea of a national park was popular and led to numerous proposals for the Ministry of the Interior to consider, including additional sites along the Canadian Pacific Railway (e.g. Yoho and Glacier and an expansion of Banff) and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (e.g. Jasper).
The Jasper SkyTram is an aerial tramway on the mountain called The Whistlers near Jasper, Alberta, Canada. It is the highest and longest guided aerial tramway in Canada. [ 1 ] It goes to a height of 2,263 metres (7,425 ft) above sea level with a travel time of 7.5 minutes.
There are six campgrounds, located at 5 km, 8 km, 12 km, 19 km, 30 km, and 35 km (Evelyn Creek, Little Shovel, Snowbowl, Curator, Tekarra, and Signal, respectively). The campgrounds provide tent pads, picnic tables, bear poles with metal cables, connectors, and toilets. Skyline Trail is a no-fire zone.
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.
The population of the Municipality of Jasper according to its 2011 municipal census is 5,236, [28] a change of 10.3% over its 2008 municipal census population of 4,745. [30] Jasper's 2011 population of 5,236 comprises 4,584 permanent and 652 non-permanent residents, [28] while its 2007 census counted 4,235 permanent and 510 non-permanent ...