Day 9 Local lakes and a trip on the Jasper Sky Tram

It was cool with low cloud and no sign of yesterday's rain as we headed out to Lake Beauvert in the car, a journey of just over 10 minutes.

The water was clear and every now and then there were glimpses of the surrounding mountains

During our walk through the cool, pine scented forest, we saw elk, some very noisy squirrels, marmots and a variety of birds

Part way around the lake is The Jasper Park Lodge, built in the 1920's, it's still a very exclusive place to stay and has a guest list including The Late Queen, Bing Crosby and Marilyn Monroe. It also has a fabulous, if expensive, golf course that Neil would have enjoyed playing a round on. He had to make do with a drink at the club house, getting more than he bargained for with a can of vodka soda rather than the soft drink he thought that he'd ordered.  No wonder it seemed expensive! The staff thought it quite amusing and happily gave him a free orange soda.

 Suitably refreshed we continued our walk to the shore of Lake Edith

and around Lake Annette, where, believe it or not, there were mountains

Back to the car, we had our picnic with a view overlooking Lake Beauvert

Then drove the 10 minutes to The Jasper Sky Train, (aka gondola) which took us to Whistler's Mountain

From the gondola station it was around an hours walk to the summit, which at 2,464m still had a fair amount of snow on it.

We then had an evening stroll to work off our lovely dinner at a Mexican restaurant.

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Back to our Airbnb which is on a very typical street in Jasper ,wide roads, with individually designed and well spaced properties

and the house opposite  has a Canadian sized rockery!