Join an interpretive guide for an unforgettable 5-hours exploring the wilderness around Jasper as well as the starry heavens above. Seek out all of the park’s most iconic creatures. Explore the heavens above through a fish-eye lens in a state-of-the art planetarium facility at the Marmot Lodge where you will join a professional astronomer for an interactive cosmic journey. After completing the indoor planetarium program, you have the opportunity to gaze through the largest telescope in the Rockies and see planets, stars, galaxies and more.
First, you will be picked up at Marmot Lodge in early evening to participate on a daily wildlife discovery tour. Your knowledgeable guides are trained to seek out all of the park’s most iconic creatures. Big or small, there are lots of animals to see in Jasper. Elk, deer, big horned sheep, mountain goats, foxes, coyotes, wolves, and moose are just a sample of Jasper’s many wild mountain animals.
After exploring the scenic surroundings of Jasper, your guides will drop you back off at the state-of-the art planetarium facility at the Marmot Lodge. Here, you'll meet the in-residence astronomer for an interactive cosmic journey. After completing the indoor planetarium program, you have the opportunity to gaze through the largest telescope in the Rockies. The astronomer-in-residence will personally guide you around the skies above the world’s largest accessible dark sky preserve.
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