The Sulphur Skyline Hike

Our "big hike" for Jasper was the Sulphur Skyline hike, which is North of Jasper town. It's an 8km summit hike and starts from the hot springs car park. 

Jasper National Park

We spent three days in Banff and Jasper National Park last week, before heading further South. Things are still only just starting to defrost up here, so some nights it hit zero while we were sleeping in our tent.

Driving the Alaska-Canada Highway

Blue lakes in the Yukon

We left Whitehorse with a pretty late start and didn't make it as far as we had thought on our first day driving. We only got to Watson Lake, and stayed at a government camp ground there. The government camp grounds are so cheap in the Yukon ($12.50 per night), but they don't have showers and the only water is non-potable.

Alaska: The cruise bit

 So we began our cruise from Sitka, where we were taken to 'The Fortress of the Bear' first. Which is a rescue place for orphan cubs. If a bear is found to be a problem, it is shot, and sometimes that bear has a cub. Usually the cub is shot too. This place somehow managed to convince the government to let them try to show that cubs can be released, which Canada does sometimes.

Alaska: The land bit

We drove into Haines the day before we had our Ferry booked for Juneau, just to be sure we wouldn't miss it. It turned out there wasn't much to do in Haines, most places were still shut until tourist season started. 

Wildflowers near Juneau

Flying over Kluane National Park

I'm so far behind on posts it's almost depressing. I'm going to skip Alaska for now, because there's too much to write, so I'll start with our flight-seeing over Kluane National Park.