Experience adventure with Hostelling International
Hiking
Our hostel is situated just a hop from the powerful Maligne Canyon where you can take the Maligne Canyon Trail through some of the deepest parts of the Canyon.
Signal Mountain Trail (8.5km or 5 hrs) is a good day hike into the high alpine country. Beautiful views from the Signal lookout over the Rockies. This trail is also the beginning of one of the best-known hikes in Jasper, the Skyline Trail taking you on a 2-3 day hike among breathtaking scenery.
Opal Hills Loop (8km or 4 hours) is a STEEP trail into an open valley of lush alpine meadows, bright flowers and deep gullies high above Maligne Lake.
Canoeing
Travel to Maligne Lake (38km from the hostel) and take a boat tour to Spirit Island. Or rent a canoe and explore the lake on your own for the day. (Maligne Tours runs a shuttle to the hostel and the lake.)
Winter Activities
Tour the Canyon in the winter via a guided canyon crawl.
Columbia Icefield Centre
View
the Athabasca Glacier, a huge tongue of snow and ice 6km long by 1km
wide. Take the Brewsters' Ice Age Adventure and ride up and onto the
glacier via a specially designed Ice Explorer. Open April 15 to October 15.
Hostel
| Distance
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HI-Athabasca Falls
| 76 Kms
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HI-Banff Alpine Centre
| 180 Kms
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HI-Beauty Creek
| 14 Kms
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| HI-Jasper | 108 Kms
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HI-Maligne Canyon
| 119 Kms
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HI-Mt Edith Cavell
| 85 Kms
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HI-Mosquito Creek
| 106 Kms
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HI-Rampark Creek
| 42 Kms
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