Jasper - Backcountry

Pre-trip planning is essential for travel in the backcountry. Prime hiking season runs July through mid-September. Until late June to early July, many passes are still snowbound and may be subject to avalanche hazard. <br> In more popular and accessible areas of the backcountry, you will find maintained hiking trails and designated campsites with outhouses, tent pads, food storage lockers, picnic tables and metal fire rings where fires are allowed. In the more remote areas of the park, trails are not regularly maintained. Hikers must be self-reliant. Route finding and navigation skills are required. Hikers should be prepared to safely ford streams. Pre-trip planning and preparedness is essential for travel in the backcountry.