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Jasper Canada

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:09:55 GMT

:?:Anyone been to Jasper. I'm going for 2 weeks in Jan.

Re:Jasper Canada

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:56:23 GMT

Hi

I went there about 10 years ago for my Honeymoon. Did a two centre with Lake Louise. Stayed at the Jasper Park lodge which is just outside the town. I really liked the town, it has a sort of wild west feeling. The ski area is Marmot basin which is outside the town of Jasper but most Hotels have buses to it or you need a hire car. The ski resort is well organised. The Car parks are along the edge of the ski slopes so you can park the car and then ski down. When we were there Jasper / Marmot Basin was renowned for power cuts hopefully this has been fixed over the years. Let me know if I can give you anymore imformation..

Re:Jasper Canada

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:08:14 GMT

)Never skied there but have visited on a day trip from Banff (amazing journey - a must do).
Nice Town, slopes looked nice but I think you will be bored for 2 weeks and it isn't exactly adjacent to any other ski areas, in fact slopes aren't exactly adjacent to Jasper (but neither are Banff's) nearest resort is Lake Louise and that is about 3 hours by car.
In January I would recommend taking plenty of thermal wear it is unlikely to get above sub zero and can be minus 20deg.

Re:Jasper Canada

Thu, 3 Jan 2008 05:35:17 GMT

My home stomping ground...

What do you want to know specifically: terrain, accommodation, food. snow, weather,.....?

Let me know and I'll find the answers. I'm there this weekend and the weekend after that. I then have a break and back for the middle of February for the school break for 10 days. The rest of the season is a by- monthly weekend trips to sum up to about 25 or 30 days a season.

The conditions are good with snow to the top of the mountain. I skied twice before Christmas and skied 10 cms fresh snow on good cover even on the steeps that usually have rocks. THe neat thing about pre Christmas is the lack of people not the lack of snow.

It's about four hours by car from my home. On that subject are you renting a car? Travel in the west of Canada can be hard by train and bus.

Ciao J.

PS my avitar is on Marmot's mid mountain slope. Notice the valley 8000 feet below!

Re:Jasper Canada

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:00:33 GMT

I can support JamesA as the "expert" for the area!
What he says is above board and honest! Trust his comments!

Ps This is not a paid commercial message!

Re:Jasper Canada

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:59:29 GMT

hi jo just wondered what jasper was like i go next friday banff then jasper and tips from anyone would be very welcome :) cheers daz

Re:Jasper Canada

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:08:54 GMT

Hi All

If any of you can give ne any info i would appreciate it , I am booked for 2 weeks in Feb/March as a first timeer to Jasper/Canada i have always done europe for my skiing before but thought i would try some thing further afield,

regards

Ellen

Re:Jasper Canada

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:03:06 GMT

Hi,

Compared to Banff, Jasper is quieter and has a more secluded and remote feel to it. There is only realy one skiing resort option nearby, which is Marmot Basin, owned by the same company who own Sunshine Village near Banff. It is a 10 - 20 min ride out of town and has some decent skiing (lots of gladed runs if I remember correctly).

It is well worth hiring a decent car and driving the icefields parkway one day. Probably one of the most spectacular drives in the world. At that time of the year, the parkway will be deserted, so be carefull and watch the weather. It is a 3-4 hr drive to Lake Louise at the southern end with no gas stations open in-between.

Be aware that there is a good handfull of decent places to eat and drink in Jasper. However, the nightlife is very low key. The drive to the west of Jasper towards Mt Robson (Canada's highest) is also spectacular.

Have fun.

Re:Jasper Canada

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:56:33 GMT

Thanks for the info, We were looking for a detailed map of the ski runs and as were are not expert skiers wondering
the lenght of the green and blue runs,

Re:Jasper Canada

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:17:45 GMT

Hi there I can help you out with info about skiing jasper. The hill is called marmot basin and it is very much a begainer hill. Unfortunatly the early season conditions at marmot tend to suck, and the black diamond runs arnt by most standards black but blue runs. hope this helps

zonker

Re:Jasper Canada

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:48:14 GMT

Hi Zonker

Thanks, We are going in early March so will presume the skiing will be good, Although we have been skiing for 5 years now we do not see our selves as expert dont like blacks, We love the long green ,blue runs where we can take our time and enjoy the views/experience of it all, I was interested in the lenght of the runs as i cant seem to find that info.

regards

Freckles :)

Re:Jasper Canada

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:22:49 GMT

The longest run is 5.6km If you go to www.skimarmot.com and look at the mountain stats you should be able to find all the info you are looking for.

Re:Jasper Canada

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:51:21 GMT

Thanks for your help

Re:Jasper Canada

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:58:34 GMT

Yup! I've been there 2 years ago. Isn't bad at all. Too cold.
I'd go to revelstoke or hikking horse instead or maybe Banff where you have 3 different resorts..

Up to you, have fun!

Re:Jasper Canada

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:59:23 GMT

November 23 2009

I have been to Jasper the past two weekends and the conditions are beyond description for this time of year. THe snow fall to date is equal to a season mid Feb levels wiht a packed base at mid mountain of 95 cms. There is open skiing throughout the mountain with nary a rock in site.
I decided to skip work on Friday last and skied 2 feet of pow on several runs. Too bad my ski legs are still not all there. I skied my downhill gear as my tele legs would have been sooo useless. The upper mountain is all new as the new Quad chair has open up so much new skiing to the beginner and intermediate. The upper T bar used to chop the top of the mountain in two but now the whole of the upper part is open glade skiing with any line being straight down the fall line. The old tbar used to bisect the hill and some fall lines were interrupted.
On Sunday the are tried desperately to open the Knob chair but staff shortages and lack of personnel prevented that. The new snow was falling so fast that the staff were busy opening parking lots and plowing roads and couldn't focus on avalanche and boot packing. I expect Knob to open this week - mid week. Oh I wish that I were there and there is three feet of fresh powder all over the knob and only the patrol get to ski it!
Got to go skiing that is.....