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The extensive MOUNT ROBSON PROVINCIAL PARK borders Jasper National Park to the west and protects Mount Robson which, at 3954m, is the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. Its scenery equals anything anywhere else in the Rockies, and Mount Robson itself is one of the most staggering mountains you'll ever encounter. Facilities are thin on the ground, so stock up on food and fuel before entering the park. Around 16km beyond the park's western boundary Hwy 16 comes the Tete Jaune Cache, where you can pick up one of two immensely scenic roads: the continuation of Hwy 16 north to Prince George (for routes to Prince Rupert, northern BC and the Yukon), or Hwy 5, which heads south past Wells Gray Provincial Park to Kamloops and a whole range of onward destinations . Both road and rail links to the park from Jasper climb through Yellowhead Pass , long one of the most important native and fur-trading routes across the Rockies. The pass, 20km west of Jasper Townsite, marks the boundary between Jasper and Mount Robson parks, Alberta and British Columbia, and Mountain and Pacific time zones - set your watch back one hour. This stretch of road is less dramatic than the Icefields Parkway, but then most roads are, given over to mixed woodland - birch interspersed with firs - and mountains that sit back from the road with less scenic effect. The railway meanders alongside the road most of the way, occasionally occupied by epic freight trains hundreds of wagons long - alien intrusions in the usual beguiling wilderness of rocks, river and forest. Just down from the pass, Yellowhead Lake is the park's first landmark. Look for moose around dawn and dusk at aptly named Moose Lake , another 20km further west.
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