Visitor center · Icefields Parkway (Highway 93)
Park maps and trail advice inside Jasper’s 1914 stone-and-timber landmark.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Icefields Parkway Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Icefields Parkway (Highway 93). As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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The Bird Inside the Snowbank“A white-tailed ptarmigan can spend a winter night inside a snowbank. This small mountain grouse burrows into the snow, where it's sheltered from the wind and bitter temperatures above the surface.”
Plays on the road 1.5 km from Jasper Park Information Centre in the Parkwolf Icefields Parkway Tour Guide.
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Guide
Jasper Park Information Centre is the townsite’s visitor centre at the Icefields Parkway’s northern gateway. It’s a useful first stop for park maps, brochures and trail information before driving south. Ask about hike options while you’re here; advice can be uneven, so double-check route details when they matter to your plan.
The centre stands at 500 Connaught Drive in the heart of Jasper. Its Rustic-style stone-and-timber design was drawn by A.M. Calderon, and the building dates to 1914. It became a National Historic Site in 1992 for its architecture and connection to early national-park tourism. Even if you came just for a map, the exterior is worth a closer look.
There’s a gift shop for souvenirs as well as the information desk. This is a practical planning stop, not an attraction that needs a long visit. Its hours shift with the season, so check the current schedule before making a special detour.
Wildlife
12 sightingsGrizzly BearMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
127 sightingsBlack BearMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
16 sightingsMooseMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
100 sightingsElkMost seen around 8 PMSighting map
34 sightingsMountain GoatMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
53 sightingsBighorn SheepMost seen around 6 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Icefields Parkway. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Keep exploring
ChallengingThe Whistlers Trail13.6 km · 7 hr · 3.7 km awaySteep 14 km out and back to alpine summit views over Jasper.
ModerateThe Whistlers Summit Trail2.7 km · 1.5 hr · 5.6 km awayA steep SkyTram summit climb with wide alpine views.Parkwolf’s Icefields Parkway ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
