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The townsite of Jasper, Alberta, has an elevation of 1,060 metres (or 3,480 feet) above sea level. Located in the Athabasca River valley of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Jasper is some 323 meters (or 1,057 feet) lower in elevation than Banff, Canada’s highest town, to the southeast. Read more...
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The Marmot Basin ski area is located 20 kilometres (or 12.5 miles) south of Jasper, Alberta, off Highway 93, a 20-minute drive by car. During ski season, the Jasper-Marmot Shuttle bus operates three daily morning departures from most Jasper hotels to Marmot, and three return trips back into town in the afternoon. Shuttle tickets are $7 each way and can Read more...
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The highest peak in Alberta is Mount Columbia, with an elevation of 3,747 metres (or 12,293 feet). Mount Columbia is part of the Winston Churchill Range in the Canadian Rocky Mountains and has a prominence of 2,383 metres (or 7,818 feet). The mountain sits on the border of the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia and its peak is within Read more...