We had arrived at the Jasper Park Lodge in the dark, a pretty tired, so it had been hard to get an idea of the place really until the next day. It is very different to the hotels we had been staying in. It really is or was a hunting lodge. The guest accommodations are cabins scattered in groups of about 4 to each block, and cover enormous grounds along the lake and spreading back about 6 rows. The lodge is a few kms out of town,and so really quite isolated. All the main action is in one central building, the lodge itself where all the admin etc, the obligatory shops, restaurants and an enormous lounge area where everyone congregates and sits around in groups, eating,drinking, talking, playing games etc, which gives it a very homey type atmosphere.
Lynn was feeling quite unwell on the day, so I explored the grounds and surrounds, it was lovely just to wander and to spend time in the lounge just catching up.
That evening it started to get colder and we were booked on a canyon walk to the bottom of the Maligne Canyon. Lynn decided it wasn't for her, so off I went with a small group. It had started snowing by this stage, but still wasn't too cold. So we booted and crampon'd up and headed up to the canyon. The walk took us up for o view down into the canyon before we descended to the canyon floor. There were lots of lovely ice formations from the water seeping out and down the walks. It was a 2 hour walk and the snow continued all through, but was fun.
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