Trail conditions at Jasper National Park

Jasper National Park

Whether you're out for a leisurely hike or a longer adventure, make your trip a safe one by checking the latest conditions.

Important information

You are responsible for your own safety.

If you are planning to hike or back pack in Jasper National Park, be prepared for:

  • Rapid changes in weather, trail and road access.
  • Travelling on ice covered water is unsafe. The Red Cross recommends an ice thickness of at least 15 centimetres. This does not apply to moving waters.
  • Travelling in avalanche terrain. Whenever there is snow on a slope, there is potential for an avalanche.
  • Snow and/or conditions that may require skills in route finding and navigation at higher elevation.
  • Wildlife encounters and warnings.
  • Variable water levels. Challenging or unsafe water crossings for hikers.

Stay informed. Always be ready to change your plans when you visit the Canadian Rocky Mountains.

 Post-wildfire burn area safety

Dogs are prohibited from trails and areas in sensitive habitats to reduce the stress that dogs have on grizzly bears, caribou, ground-nesting birds, and/or other sensitive species. Notice of prohibition: Dogs in sensitive habitat


Fire danger rating

Rating Trail Condition Comment Links
N.A. Current Fire Danger Low 10-07-2025: Not applicable; Trail details

Around Town

Keep pets on a leash at all times. Report unsafe or aggressive human-wildlife interactions to Jasper Dispatch (780) 852-6155. Trails shared with commercial horse riding groups: 2, 2b, 2c, 2e, 2f, 4, 4b, 4e, 4f, 6, 6a, 6c, 7, 7e, 13.

Rating Trail Condition Comment Links
Moderate Jasper Discovery Trail: North (11) Partially Closed 10-07-2025: Detour in place; Mainly dry; Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Easy Jasper Discovery Trail: South (11) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Easy Lakes Loop Trail (13) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Easy Lakes Loop Trail (14) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Easy Lakes Loop Trail (18) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Easy Lac Beauvert Loop (4a) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Easy Lake Annette Loop (4d) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Paved trail; Trail details
Moderate Old Fort Point Loop (1) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Easy Campgrounds Trail (12) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Moderate Cottonwood Creek Loop (2, 2a, 11) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Moderate Overlook Loop (2, 2b, 2f, 2g) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Moderate Pyramid Trail (15) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Moderate Valley of the Five Lakes : Short Loop (9a, 9b, 9) Closed. 10-07-2025: Superintendent closure, no public access; Trail details
Moderate Valley of the Five Lakes : Long Loop (9a, 9) Closed. 10-07-2025: Superintendent closure, no public access; Trail details
Most Difficult The Whistlers Trail: The Whistlers Trail (5) Closed. 10-07-2025: Superintendent closure, no public access; Trail details
Moderate The Whistlers Trail: The Whistlers Summit Trail (5a) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Moderate Dorothy and Christine Lakes (60, 60a) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details

Maligne Valley

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Rating Trail Condition Comment Links
Moderate Maligne Canyon (7, 7f) Closed. 10-07-2025: Superintendent closure, no public access; Trail details
Moderate Overlander (10) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Easy Mary Schäffer Loop: From Trailhead (South) to Viewpoint (21) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Easy Mary Schäffer Loop: From Trailhead (North) to Viewpoint (21) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Easy Moose Lake Loop (20) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Difficult Opal Hills Loop (22) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Easy Lorraine and Mona Lakes (100) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Moderate Bald Hills (23) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Moderate Jacques Lake: Trailhead to Beaver Lake (139) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Moderate Jacques Lake: Beaver Lake to Summit Lakes (139) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Moderate Jacques Lake: Summit Lakes to Jacques Lake (139) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details

Icefields Parkway (93N)

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Rating Trail Condition Comment Links
Easy Athabasca Falls Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Moderate Edith Cavell : Path of the Glacier Trail (41) Closed. 10-07-2025: Superintendent closure, no public access; Trail details
Difficult Edith Cavell : Cavell Meadows Trail (42) Closed. 10-07-2025: Superintendent closure, no public access; Trail details
Moderate Wabasso Lake (9) Closed. 10-07-2025: Superintendent closure, no public access; Trail details
Moderate Lower Sunwapta Falls (125) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Easy Sunwapta Falls Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Moderate Forefield Trail (53) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Moderate Toe of the Athabasca Glacier (52) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Difficult Wilcox Pass: Wilcox Viewpoint - Red Chairs (50) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Difficult Wilcox Pass: Upper Wilcox Pass (50) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details

Miette Hot Springs Area

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Rating Trail Condition Comment Links
Easy Mine Trail: Lower loop (31) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Moderate Mine Trail: Upper loop (32) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Easy Jasper House Viewpoint (33) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Easy Source of the Springs (140) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Paved trail; Trail details
Difficult Sulphur Skyline (30) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details

Jasper Backcountry

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Rating Trail Condition Comment Links
Moderate Chaba trail: Trailhead to Athabasca Crossing Campground (126) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Moderate Saturday Night Lake Loop: South (3, 3d) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Moderate Saturday Night Lake Loop: North (3, 3c) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Moderate Fryatt Valley: Trailhead to Lower Fryatt Campground (122) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Moderate Fryatt Valley: Lower Fryatt Campground to Fryatt Lake (122) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Difficult Fryatt Valley: Fryatt Lake to Fryatt ACC Hut (122) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Wet and muddy sections; Trail details
Moderate Athabasca Pass: Trailhead to Tie-Camp Campground (115) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Difficult Miette Hot Springs Trailhead to Utopia Campground (140) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Few or no muddy sections; Trail details
Moderate Geraldine Lakes trail (120) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Wet and muddy sections; Trail details

Maligne Lake

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Rating Trail Condition Comment Links
Easy Maligne Lake Canoe Route: Maligne Lake Boat Launch to Hidden Cove Campground Variable conditions. 10-07-2025: Strong winds, stormy weather and tour boats create waves on this freezing cold lake; Trail details
Difficult Maligne Lake Canoe Route: Hidden Cove campground to Fisherman's Bay campground Variable conditions. 10-07-2025: Strong winds, stormy weather and tour boats create waves on this freezing cold lake; Trail details
Difficult Maligne Lake Canoe Route: Fisherman's Bay campground to Coronet Creek campground Variable conditions. 10-07-2025: Strong winds, stormy weather and tour boats create waves on this freezing cold lake; Trail details

Tonquin Valley

Check 511.alberta.ca for road updates. Edith Cavell Road closed until further notice due to 2024 wildfire damage. Astoria trailhead is not accessible. Use Portal Creek trailhead to access the Tonquin Valley.

Rating Trail Condition Comment Links
Difficult Tonquin Valley: Astoria Trailhead to Astoria Campground (105) Road access closed 10-07-2025: Astoria trailhead is not accessible.; Trail details
Difficult Tonquin Valley: Astoria Campground to Amethyst Campground (105) Unknown conditions. 10-07-2025: Variable conditions; Trail details
Difficult Tonquin Valley: Wates-Gibson Trail (106, 107) Unknown conditions. 10-07-2025: Variable conditions; Trail details
Difficult Tonquin Valley: Portal trailhead to Portal Campground (105) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Wet and muddy sections; Trail details
Difficult Tonquin Valley: Portal Campground to Maccarib Campground (105) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Wet and muddy sections; Trail details
Difficult Tonquin Valley: Maccarib Campground to Amethyst Campground (105) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Wet and muddy sections; Trail details

Skyline

Check 511.alberta.ca for road updates. Bring a GPS and topographic map. Snow can fall any time of the year. The trail section called “the Notch” can be impassable in early July. There is no access to or exit from the Skyline Trail via Wabasso trailhead. Curator Trail (101) is under a superintendent’s closure due to hazardous conditions from the 2024 wildfire. Curator Trail (101) closed below Shovel Pass Lodge for 2025.

Rating Trail Condition Comment Links
Easy Skyline: Maligne Lake trailhead to Evelyn Creek campground Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Wet and muddy sections;  
Difficult Skyline: Evelyn Campground to Snowbowl Campground (100) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Wet and muddy sections; Trail details
Difficult Skyline: Snowbowl Campground to the Notch (100) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Wet and muddy sections; Trail details
Difficult Skyline: The Notch (100) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Snow at high elevation ; Trail details
Difficult Skyline: The Notch to Tekarra Campground (100) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Wet and muddy sections; Trail details
Difficult Skyline: Tekarra Campground to Signal Campground (100) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Wet and muddy sections; Trail details
Difficult Skyline: Signal trailhead to Signal Campground (100) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Wet and muddy sections; Trail details
Difficult Skyline: Wabasso Lake Trailhead to Curator Campground (101) Closed. 10-07-2025: Superintendent closure, no public access; Trail details

Brazeau and South Boundary

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Rating Trail Condition Comment Links
Moderate Brazeau: Poboktan Trailhead to Jonas Cutoff Campground (132) Wet and muddy sections. 10-07-2025: Parking is available at the Sunwapta Warden Station, north of the bridge.; Trail details
Moderate Brazeau: Jonas Cutoff Campground to Brazeau Lake Campground - Poboktan Pass (132) Wet and muddy sections. 10-07-2025: Unbridged creek(s) and/or river crossing(s); Be prepared to turn around at Brazeau river crossing near Brazeau Lake; Trail details
Difficult Brazeau: Four Point Campground to Jonas Cutoff Campground - Jonas Pass (131) Unknown conditions. 10-07-2025: Variable conditions; Trail details
Moderate Brazeau: Nigel Creek trailhead to Brazeau Lake Campground (130) Wet and muddy sections. 10-07-2025: Variable conditions; Trail details
Route Brazeau River to Rocky Pass Unknown conditions. 10-07-2025: Variable conditions; Trail details

North Boundary and Celestine Lake

Check 511.alberta.ca for road updates. Celestine Lake road is a rough one-way road. High clearance vehicle recommended. No trailers or RVs. Road closed to vehicle from mid-October to mid-May.

Rating Trail Condition Comment Links
Moderate North Boundary: Trailhead to Celestine Lake Campground (150) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Wet and muddy sections; Numerous trees down on trail;  
Moderate North Boundary: Celestine Lake Campground to Snake Indian Falls (150) Mainly Dry. 10-07-2025: Wet and muddy sections; Numerous trees down on trail;  
Difficult North Boundary: Snake Indian Falls to Rock Lake Trailhead (150, 153) Unknown conditions. 10-07-2025: Variable conditions;  
Difficult North Boundary: Little Heaven Trail (154) Unknown conditions. 10-07-2025: Variable conditions;  
Route North Boundary: Willow Creek Campground to Blue Creek Campground (150) Unknown conditions. 10-07-2025: Variable conditions;  
Difficult North Boundary: Blue Creek Campground to Natural Arch Campground (155) Unknown conditions. 10-07-2025: Variable conditions;  
Route North Boundary: Blue Creek Campground to Chown Creek Campground (150) Unknown conditions. 10-07-2025: Variable conditions;  
Route North Boundary: Chown Creek Campground to Adolphus Campground (150) Unknown conditions. 10-07-2025: Variable conditions;  
Moderate North Boundary: Adolphus Campground to Mount Robson Provincial Park Boundary (150) Unknown conditions. 10-07-2025: Variable conditions;  

Jasper National Park is open. Please check for up to date information on areas impacted by the 2024 Jasper Wildfire.
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