Our most successful hunting ground in the past has been Maligne Lake road. It's always been better in the mornings, but we thought we'd give it a shot. Not a thing. Not even an elk. There was lots of traffic, so no surprises there. We did see a few pikas (above) at Medicine Lake.
Our second plan was to head along the highway toward Hinton. We got as far as the Miette Hot Springs road having seen nothing so we turned around & headed back to Jasper. About half way back we found a mob of Rocky Mountain Sheep (above). They're no smarter than your garden variety domestic sheep & have no road sense what so ever.
Right on sunset the scenery took on a different look including the rise of the full moon.
Just as we'd about given in on seeing any more animals, we spotted a huge bull elk (below) at the side of the road. For the uninitiated, a good sized trophy elk has at least 6 points on each of his antlers (i.e. a 6 point buck). This guy has 7.
He wasn't alone. Just along the road a bit on the edge of town there were six bulls of varying sizes chasing a herdof about 20 females. A park ranger was trying to scare them away from the township to avoid conflict with people during the rut. He was using rubber bullets to scare off the more stubborn ones. One "member of the public" wearing a white shirt got out of his car & started yelling at the ranger to leave the elk alone. He was about as smart as the sheep. Bull elk are incedibly hostile during the rut & wandering around in a herd with a white shirt is asking for trouble. The ranger was not impressed & while they were arguing, one of the bulls made a charge at the man in the white shirt. The ranger waved off the elk just in time. Shawn & Rob were egging the ranger on to shoot the guy with the rubber bullets. He'd shut up & get back in his car then we thought.....
The afternoon activity was to take a ride on the Jasper Tramway. The tramway is a cable car that terminates at a lodge near the summit of The Whistlers. 
The high point on the ridge (above) is the summit, 100m higher than the lodge. You can hike up there without too much trouble, but it we were a bit short on time to make the last car.
Needless to say, the views from the top are fantastic! The photo below is the Western aspect & is almost entirely in British Columbia. 
Roughly centre of the snow capped peaks above is the the summit of Mt Robson some 40kms away. With the zoom lense I was able to take the photo below. The skies are rarely clear enough to see the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies & to be able to take a crystal clear shot like this was down to pure luck with the weather. Mt Robson has a nasty habit of attracting clouds. 
Looking north east along the valley toward Hinton (& Edmonton) you can see Pyramid Mountain & at its foot, the two lakes we had visited that morning.
To the right of the lakes (& just out of the above photo) is the Jasper town site (below) flanked by the Athabasca River & a number of sizable lakes.
The South West aspect looks down the Icefields Parkway & we could even see the Valley of Five Lakes.
We didn't want to go, but the tramway was only going to run for another 30 minutes.
Our target for the next few hours was to walk the Valley of Five Lakes circuit (above). The trail head is only a few kilometres south of Jasper along the Icefields Parkway.
The three of us set off as it was just starting to warm up. Armed with backpacks filled with water & snacks, we set off through the open forest & down into a valley (above). The marshy area looked to be prime moose country, but unfortunately they were hiding.
After crossing the little timber bridge that spans the valley (above), we followed the trail up into more forest.
Before long we arrived at 1st Lake (above). 1st Lake is the most Northern of the five. The trail runs between 1st & 2nd Lakes before swinging south alongside 2nd Lake (below).
The middle 3 lakes aren't especially large, but all have the typical Rockies turquoise tinge. 3rd Lake (below) was the longest of the smaller lakes.
The lakes are all very close together with small creeks or channels joining them. 4th Lake (below) was probably the most picturesque.
When we reached the land bridge between 4th & 5th Lakes we had to make the decision whether to follow the trail back to the car park or walk around 5th Lake.
Shawn (above) opted to head back to the car, but Kerri & I made the decision to walk around the lake. Not the smartest decision of the trip. The trail is reasonable for just long enough to make you think it's a good idea. After that it gets plain ugly with the trail getting narrow & blocked by fallen trees.
We persevered with it & took a couple of photos (above) but decided that we should have taken the other trail with Shawn. No harm done although a couple of twisted ankles were narrowly avoided.
Before breakfast we picked up Shawn & drove to the two lakes behind the Jasper township. It may have been cold, the the sky was pristine & the air was still. Add a little early morning mist & the photos came out a treat.
The moisture from the air the previous day had been frozen to every surface (below).
Pyramid Lake was even more spectacular than Patricia Lake. The red mountain in the background is Pyramid Mountain that can be seen from most parts of the park.
Many of the main attractions in Jasper national Park can be seen from Pyramid Lake. Above & below is the range called The Whistlers. The top hut of the Jasper Tramway can be seen below. We would visit that very spot later that afternoon. 
The sky was so clear that I could take the photos below of Mt Edith Cavell. I would guess it would be 15-20 kms away.
