Jasper, Alberta

We crossed over from central British Columbia to Alberta, the next Province east and Jasper National Park, a popular destination similar to our Yellow Stone Park. A huge forest fire burned off the entire 20 mile long valley including a lot of the town last year. The fire burned for 6 weeks completely out of control. They are struggling to recover.

Most of the area looks like this including our campground.

The remains of a gas station on Main St
The town has a lot of temporary housing as whole neighborhoods burned. Those are brown burnt mountains in the background
A herd of oddly tame elk wandered through our campsite , I was surprised they survived the fire
We saw this at a rest area near Jasper, a popular hiking spot. Note the steps up and over to enter the trail, The 6 foot fence protects the parking area.

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