"Jasper, Alberta Canada " a Jasper National Park Travel Page by RockiesTraveler

Jasper has a little less hustle and bustle than Banff. It is a much smaller town. I have found that there is more wildlife that appears near the roadside while entering Jasper from the west and in the park than in Banff. So far we have seen lots of elk, big horn sheep, some kind of goat, nutcracker bird, some strange type of pheasant, pika, and a coyote/wolf (not sure which one, but wasn't a fox). I have yet to see a black bear, that day may come soon.

We saw a group of goats licking the salt (or dirt) off of the car in front of us that had stopped to take pictures at the layoff near the overlook of medicine lake.