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Jo Varner photo Imagine you’re hiking through the alpine on a summer day. As you pass a rockslide, you hear a shrill EEEEEEEEEP.

Pictured are Stephanie Neufeld and Jocelyn Nadeau, the fastest soloists in the female and male categories.N.

T. Nichols photo Representatives from several not-for-profit organizations in Jasper crowded around Ray Robinson as he handed out checks in the Robinsons Foods lobby, Jan. 31.

R. Fletcher photo Four years ago Marta Rode could hardly walk, eat, drink or breathe. The Jasperite was a shadow of her old, on-the-go self, spending her days curled up in her pyjamas, feeling weak and unwell.

T. Nichols photo Jan. 30, DJ Bowen rushed around the Jasper-Yellowhead Museum and Archives, flagging down volunteers, directing servers and setting up tables.

Friday, Feb. 14Jasper Legion, 9 p.m.$20 Two weeks ago, MonkeyJunk left the Maple Blues Awards under the weight of four trophies.

T. Nichols photo Chili was eaten, haggis stabbed, races were run and rails were jammed. Jasper in January wound down for another year Feb. 2, and numbers indicate attendance was up for the festival’s 25th anniversary.

Delayed access areas open soon Get your skis waxed and ready to explore one of Jasper’s premier winter touring routes. As of Feb. 15, Cavell Road will be groomed and ready for winter use, and both the Astoria and Portal Creek Trails will be open.

“So you guys are lucky to be alive: congratulations,” said Dave Smith joking; but only kind of. Smith, the emcee at the Avalanche Awareness Night Jan.

submitted photo It’s been five months since Kim Wallace set sail on the tall ship Sorlandet, and she’s only just starting to get her confidence back.