Visitor Guide 2013 - Jasper

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Loni and Her Trail of Diamonds If you plan to hit the trails in Jasper keep an eye out for Loni Klettl. Just don’t try to keep her pace. If you plan to hit the trails in Jasper – whether it’s a short 1-hr walk along the Jasper Discovery Trail or a multi-day hike along the Skyline Trail – keep an eye out for Loni Klettl. Just don’t try to keep her pace. “When I’m alone,” she admits, “I like to go.” Her minimum day, when she runs, is 12 kilometres. On the weekend, she’ll do a longer trip into the backcountry to get away from the crowds. Throughout the winter, she skis 2-3 days per week at Marmot Basin to keep her technique sharp, but she also squeezes in multiple backcountry tours and cross-country ski sessions. Not only is she an avid trail user, but she is also the biggest advocate for a sustainable trail network in Jasper National Park. She was on the committee that helped build the Three Valley Confluence Trail Plan and she was a founding member of the Jasper Trail Alliance Committee, whose mission statement is to help Parks Canada create and maintain a vibrant and accessible trail network. When Klettl isn’t out exploring, she works at Fiddle River Restaurant. She has worked there long enough that she jokingly claims to be part of the furniture, but as a born and raised Jasperite, she also understands the link between tourism and locals. “We see the same people over and over [at the restaurant],” she says. “We become part of their Jasper experience.” As a teenager, Klettl was a natural athlete who excelled on the ski slopes. In 1976, at the age of 16, she joined the Canadian Alpine Ski Team and began racing around the globe. “The world was a big place back then,” she admits. “I had to say ‘bye Mom, see you in two months.’ We didn’t call home; we wrote letters.” She reached the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, and took 13th in the Woman’s Downhill. Although she continued on the World Cup circuit for the remainder of that season, she retired unexpectedly during a summer training camp in Oregon. She was only 20 years old but she says her heart simply wasn’t in it anymore. To anybody who’s witnessed her passion for the Jasper wilderness, it’s easy to see “When I’m alone,” she admits, “I like to go.” that her heart has never left the Rockies. While there are a few trails that she hasn’t done, she claims it’s often better 22 Jasper.travel
Loni's Top Five Winter Adventures JASPER F I V E T O P 1. Ski at Marmot Basin 2. Maligne Canyon Ice Walk 3. Snowshoe around Medicine Lake 4. Cross country ski near Athabasca Falls 5. Backcountry skiing around Maligne Lake to revisit a trail she knows well, to reconnect and gauge how she’s changed, rather than to discover new places. When asked to pinpoint her favorite trail, Klettl wouldn’t; however, she did concede that if it were her final outdoor adventure in Jasper National Park, she’d want to spend it above treeline, in the alpine where the weather can be fiercest. “Some of the craziest days are when the weather throws itself at you,” says Loni, “and those are often the days you remember best.” Wherever she goes, chances are she’s packing a hammer, too, as she’s the lone volunteer that maintains the numbered trail signs that mark the day-hiking routes in Jasper National Park. Klettl was part of the Friends of Jasper National Park team that originally installed these signs in 1995 and, for the past decade, she’s been the lone volunteer to maintain them. She likes to call them Loni’s trail of diamonds. Jasper Visitor Guide 23
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