Berg Lake Trail reservations get improved
Mount Robson Provincial Park’s Berg Lake Trail is 23 kilometres and climbs 800 metres on the side of Mount Robson, the tallest mountain in the Canadian Rockies.
Twenty-five per cent of reservations for this world-renowned hiking trail come from outside Canada. This year a new booking system is being employed to allow earlier reservations to assist distant visitors make travel plans. There are a limited number of trips allowed on the trail and distant travellers have been met with frustration causing some visitors to cancel their trips. For environmental reasons, daily trips are limited to allow for maximum enjoyment on the trail. Being able to book earlier gives visitors more certainty for travel plans.
Family Literacy Week, because one day is not enough
Family Literacy Day is Jan. 27, but organizers in Jasper are planning a whole week of fun literacy-building events and activities. Starting Jan. 25, scheduled events include the family literacy bingo, a family cooking class, family event afternoon, Scrabble tournament and community dinner. There will also be game nights, stories under the stars, and a National Film Board Film Club presentation. The finale will be held on Feb. 1 with a Soiree Karaoke/Karaoke Night at the Jasper Legion. For more details contact the Jasper Municipal Library.
Proposed changes to user fees in Jasper National Park
On Jan. 11, Parks Canada stated that because they are facing consistently increasing operating costs to provide services to visitors they are proposing changes to user fees as of May. According to Parks Canada, there has been a five-year fee-freeze, but future price adjustments are being considered to address rising costs. Future price adjustments will be limited to the consumer price index for services such as entry, camping and interpretation programs. As an example, the group daily entry fee to enter the Park will go up from $19.60 to $20.75. Full service camping fees will go up from $38.20 to $40.25.
User fees are proposed to also increase at the Transfer Station and Palisades Stewardship Education Centre. These proposed changes may exceed the consumer price index in order to better recover costs and align with comparable industry or national fees. As an example of changes to fees at the Transfer Station, sorted waste fees will go up from $35 to $40. Domestic waste will increase from $46 to $90 and unsorted waste will increase from $55 to $175.
A public consultation period for fee changes is now open until Feb. 18. More information can be found at . To provide comments, please email [email protected] or write to Superintendent, Jasper Natonal Park, Box 10, Jasper, Alta, T0E 1E0.
