Athabasca Falls and Whistlers Summit
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Athabasca Falls and Whistlers Summit

From the Columbia Icefield, we drove north stopping for a brief look at the Athabasca Falls.
After setting up camp at the Whistlers campground in Jasper, we took the tram up to the summit for a short afternoon walk-about.

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Mountain goats on the side of the road

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The Athabasca River begins at the Athabasca Glacier and flows 6,000 kilometers north to the Arctic Ocean

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Athabasca Falls

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Relaxing after a hard day's drive :>

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View of the Whistlers tram station from the hammock

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Up we go!

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The tram station (looking like a lunch box) from the summit with the town of Jasper in the valley below

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Indian Ridge

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A ptarmigan, perhaps?

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Constantly apologizing to alpine plants, hoping they won't get ireeparably crushed.

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