[MCR] Delayed access for skiing and Ice Climbing in Jasper National Park

Subject: [MCR] Delayed access for skiing and Ice Climbing in Jasper National Park
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2013 11:39:00 -0700 (MST)
A Superintendent's Order has been issued in Jasper National Park for the access 
to Tonquin and Edith Cavell areas effective from November 1 through February 
15th annually. This order is issued to prevent human roads and trails from 
facilitating an unnatural level of predator access to the threatened woodland 
Caribou. If you violate this order you can be charged under the Canada National 
Parks Act. This will affect skier access to the Tonquin and Edith Cavell as 
well as the described exit for Winston Churchill Traverse (Alpine Ski Tours in 
the Canadian Rockies 1). Slack-country access off Marmot Basin south of Marmot 
Pass into Portal creek is restricted as well. Normal access to the Brazeau 
Icefields via Poboktan Creek to the Poligne Creek confluence will not be 
affected but you will not be allowed to access south from this point. Ice 
climbs on the Highway 93a that will be unaccessable during this time are 
'Looking out the Back Door', 'Fall of Dune' and 'Sorrow Falls'. Again, 
 these are just delayed access and will be open to skier/climber traffic for 
the Tonquin after Febuary 15th and for the Brazeau area after Febuary 28th. 
For more detailed information on these closures visit this link of important 
bulletins for Jasper National Park... http://www.pc.gc.ca/caribou

Deryl Kelly
Visitor Safety
Jasper National Park
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