The "Pyramid Lake" is a lake in Jasper National Park in Canada.
Jasper National Park is the largest park in the Canadian Rockies. Its wide valleys, rugged mountains, glaciers, forests, alpine meadows and wild rivers cover an area of 10,878 km2 (4200 mi2) on the eastern slopes of the Rockies in western Alberta. The park has over 1 200 km of trails short and long hikes, and several mountain roads offering spectacular views.
With its many elk, bighorn sheep, mule deer and other large animals and predators, Jasper National Park one of the last great ecosystems of the Rockies. It remains one of the few places in the southern part of Canada to host the full range of large carnivores such as grizzly bear, cougar, wolf and wolverine.
This very large park of outstanding beauty offers many views and endless memories. Some places of interest: *
the highest mountain in Alberta (Mount Columbia at 3,747 meters above sea level) *
the hydrographic apex of North America (the Columbia Icefield)
* the underground drainage system the largest of Canada (the Maligne Valley karst) *
the only sand dune ecosystem of the four mountain parks (Jasper Lake dunes) *
the northern limit of Alberta Douglas fir (Burnt Lake)
* the last Rocky Mountain chain fully protected for caribou (Maligne herd) *
the most accessible glacier in North America (the Athabasca Glacier).
Jasper National Park protects over 10 800 km2 of land belonging to the Rocky Mountain ecosystem, home to a wide variety of wild animals and plants which consists of lakes, rivers, glaciers and fabulous mountains.
Jasper National Park has over 1 200 km of hiking trails that pass through a variety of scenery, including waterfalls and alpine meadows carpeted with wildflowers.
Jasper National Park is part of the World Heritage site of the Canadian Rockies. In addition to Jasper, the site comprises three national parks (Banff, Yoho and Kootenay) and three provincial parks (Mount Robson, Hamber and Mount Assiniboine).
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