A 241-room mountain hotel on Connaught Drive split across an original Alpine Wing and a refreshed Woodland Wing, a five-minute walk from Jasper's restaurants and the rail station, with an indoor pool and an on-site restaurant that handles families well.
"Two wings, two budgets, one of the most workable family bookings inside the townsite. The Woodland Wing is the room product to ask for, and the indoor pool keeps the under-tens occupied when the weather turns."
Forest Park Hotel (until recently the Sawridge Inn and rebranded by Pursuit Banff Jasper Collection) is the largest in-town hotel on Connaught Drive. The property sits on a quiet stretch at the south end of the village, set back from the road behind a screen of mature spruce that gives it the closest thing Jasper offers to a forest setting without leaving the townsite. From the front entrance it is roughly four to five minutes on foot to the heart of downtown, the rail station, and the Jasper SkyTram shuttle pickup.
The 241 rooms are arranged across two distinct wings. The Alpine Wing carries the original timber-and-stone aesthetic with darker carpets, deeper green palettes, and a more lodge-like feel. The Woodland Wing, updated more recently, runs cleaner: lighter walls, slate accents, larger televisions, and most rooms hold either a queen or a king plus a sleeper sofa, which makes them quietly excellent family rooms. Ask for a Woodland Wing room with a forest view on the upper floor; the difference in light and feel is significant.
Dining is handled by a single on-site restaurant serving Canadian and Rockies-themed plates, supplemented by a lobby bar that runs longer hours for arrival meals after late drives in from Edmonton or Calgary. The kitchen does not chase ambition; it does deliver breakfast for 200 people at peak and a workable family dinner without a 45 minute wait, which is what the brief here actually requires.
The indoor pool, sauna, and hot tub area is the property's quietly important amenity. Jasper weather rotates through every season in a single afternoon and a heated pool that opens at 7am and closes at 10pm matters when the rain rolls down off Pyramid Mountain. There is a small fitness room, a guest laundry, plentiful self-parking, and EV charging. The hotel runs an on-site activity desk that handles the major Jasper bookings (Maligne Lake cruise, Athabasca Falls, the Columbia Icefield tour, SkyTram tickets) without commission markups, which is genuinely useful for first-time Rockies visitors.
For families touring the Canadian Rockies, Forest Park is the right Jasper booking in the in-town pool-and-parking category. Ask for a Woodland Wing room with two queens or a king plus sleeper sofa, eat one casual breakfast on property each morning to recover from early Maligne Lake departures, and use the activity desk to bundle SkyTram, Athabasca Falls, and the Maligne Lake cruise as a single half-day. The pool keeps under-tens occupied through Rockies weather; the parking is free and on-property, which removes the daily Banff-style hunt.
Wellness reads softly here rather than as a programmed retreat. The combination is a 7am pool open, easy access to the Discovery Trail loop around the townsite for morning walks, and the proximity to the gondola and the Jasper Skywalk for higher-elevation hiking days. Book a Woodland Wing king with a forest view, skip the dinner programme, and use the property as a base for two long active days in the park.
76 Connaught Drive
Jasper, AB T0E 1E0
Canada
South end of Connaught Drive; 5 minute walk to downtown and Jasper rail station
241 rooms across two wings
Alpine Wing rooms from CAD 220/night
Woodland Wing rooms from CAD 290/night
Family rooms (king + sleeper sofa) from CAD 340/night
Suites to CAD 650/night
Check-in: 4:00 PM
Check-out: 11:00 AM
Free parking on-site
Free WiFi throughout
Operated by Pursuit Banff Jasper Collection
Indoor heated pool, sauna, hot tub
On-site restaurant and lobby bar
Fitness room and guest laundry
Activity booking desk (no markups)
EV charging and free parking
Pet-friendly rooms on request
From CAD 220 per night. Woodland Wing rooms book three to four months ahead for July and August, and across the Christmas and New Year windows; the Alpine Wing has more day-of availability in the shoulder seasons.
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