For our final day in Jasper we decided to do a hike in the morning before it became too hot (30 degrees C was forecast, and happened), then back to Jasper for lunch. We drove out to Pyramid Lake, took a look at the island, then headed up into the mosquito infested woods to see what wildlife we could find, and what views we could see.
Walking around and up Pyramid head we saw a variety of wildlife – a single bighorn sheep was the star, but we briefly saw several red squirrels and an osprey overhead.
On return to Jasper we went for toasted sandwiches and smoothies.
The hire car had to be returned by 5pm so Jo and I decided to head out towards Disaster Point (named after a problematic rail journey) to seek out sheep and/or goats. Success, we found a herd of all sizes on the rocks we’d not seen them on during our wildlife tour. On the way back we stopped at a vast floodplain of the Athabasca river which is less than knee deep across its full width. On the way back we came across a big truck fire at the side of the highway.
After returning the car to the drop-off point at Jasper station, and stopping for ice cream on the walk back to the hotel we started packing for our journey the next day, then we headed out for dinner.
