Jasper gets a nod in an article by Celia Barbour in the December issue of Oprah’s O Magazine about the Canadian Rockies. Called her “life-changing trip,” Barbour outlines the best place to stay, eat and sleep in Jasper, Banff, and Lake Louise.

About Jasper, she writes:

“From Jasper Park Lodge’s heated outdoor pool, you can catch views of Mount Edith Cavell through breaks in the rising steam, then snuggle up in your 1940s log-cabin-style room (imagine Frank Lloyd Wright meets Paul Bunyan).

“Early risers in Jasper face a dilemma: first tracks on the slopes or a warm raspberry-and-white-chocolate scone at the Bear’s Paw Bakery? Miss the day’s batch and you’ll have to settle for chocolate cream cake or an addictive ‘monster cookie,’ studded with everything from M&Ms to oatmeal.”

Word of the article was passed around by Travel Alberta to the Jasper Chamber of Commerce, who spread the news to its members. 

The story is online at www.oprah.com/magazinetoc/omagazine/december2008.