Best trails in Jasper National Park
Jasper is a National Park in the Canadian Rockies and part of UNESCO's Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site. Attractions include Mount Edith Cavell, Pyramid Lake, Pyramid Mountain, Maligne Lake, Medicine Lake, and the Tonquin Valley. Wildlife in the park includes elk, moose, bighorn sheep and bears.
Top trails
Visitor info
Jasper National Park charges a fee to enter. The fee amount varies by age and intended activity.
Parks Canada offers free admission and access to programs for support persons traveling with a visitor who has a disability and depends on the support person to travel and experience a Parks Canada destination.
The Columbia Icefield Discovery and Information Centre is wheelchair accessible, with accessible parking and restrooms. The Jasper Information Centre has barrier-free access to the building.
Additional information about accessibility at Jasper National Park can be found on their website: https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/jasper/visit/accessible.
The Jasper Transit Service buses are wheelchair accessible.
The Columbia Icefield Discovery and Information Centre is wheelchair accessible, with accessible parking and restrooms. The Jasper Information Centre has barrier-free access to the building.
The Palisades Picnic Site has one accessible picnic table on pavement. A pit toilet equipped with two grab bars is available but has a slight lip in the approach. This toilet facility may not be suitable for all visitors.
Miette Hot Springs has designated accessible parking (no side access aisles) next to the building entrance. There are 3 accessible picnic tables on concrete with pedestal fire pits positioned on pavement. These are accessed by a curb cut from the paved parking area, which doesn't have any designated accessible parking stalls. The curb cut has an uneven lip from the parking lot's surface.
The Meeting of the Waters Picnic Site has 1 designated accessible parking stall (no side access aisles) and an accessible picnic table. A pit toilet equipped with two grab bars is available but has a slight lip in the approach. This toilet facility may not be suitable for all visitors.
The Lake Annette and Lake Edith picnic sites have 2 accessible picnic tables on pavement with pedestal fire pits, accessible from the main Lake Annette parking lot on a paved path. 3 accessible picnic tables on pavement with pedestal fire pits can be accessed from Lake Annette's lower picnic area parking lot.
Whistlers Campground has 1 oTENTik and multiple designated accessible campsites. There are 18 combined toilet and shower buildings that contain accessible toilet stalls, urinals and roll-in shower rooms equipped with one bench enclosed on three sides (though transfer may be challenging). Whistler's outdoor theatre has designated wheelchair seating (front row only) for its ranger-led interpretive programs.
Wapiti Campground is open in winter and has two serviced RV sites that are designated accessible, as well as an accessible combined toilet/shower building.
All service dogs must have an Alberta Service Dog Identification Card to ensure access to public places.
Trail reviews for Jasper National Park
Really beautiful trail in Jasper and Banff Nationalpark. Trail conditions were great, partly a bit muddy. Nights were really cold but makeable with my summer sleeping bag. Don‘t forget your hiking poles and boots. Highly recommended doing it from Nigel Creek to Poboktan for a little less elevation. We parked our car at Poboktan Trailhead and hitchhiked easily to the starting point.
Great views of the Rockies and downtown Jasper steep trail up easy to follow trail.
Really beautiful trail, really runnable and well maintained. Relatively low elevation gain so it can be done in one day even if you're hiking. Dropped a Saloman XA filter beneath the notch at the lake, if anyone can bring it into jasper in the next 2 days I'd really appreciate it. Comment this post to contact me, thanks!
We did this Jul 31, 2025 on the way to Jasper. Perfect conditions! Perfect hike, not to strenuous, with enough time to still get to our campground and make dinner.
Great views from the top of Patricia and Pyramid lakes as well the town of Jasper and the surrounding peaks. Lots of raspberry bushes beside the trail as well as some pretty big Douglas fir trees. Trail is pretty well maintained but there were a few downed trees along the path.