Thank you for your kind words! Happy to hear you have already been thru the Rockies and plan on returning, it's a great place. The intentions behind my "booklet posts" is basically me solving my own problem for the next person. I live near by but it's such a vast landscape and every time I try to plan a trip I get bombarded with mostly information to expensive tours but very little about self guided activities, history, or what to expect on trails and the Rockies are so much more than a series of overpriced experiences (some are still cool but others unnecessary). The true wilderness is self guided and that can be overwhelming and causing visitors to miss out on hidden gems.

The wildlife YEEESSS. It is the best area of Jasper for wilderness, the animal tour available actually comes this way, there is also many Grizzly and Elk sightings on this very road but more at the bottom of the mountain.