My brother in law and his wife are going near there on a 2-3 week vacation. He’s retired.

They are still trying to save structures an Jasper but much of it has already been lost. The Park is closed now and I'm not sure when it will reopen. Outside of the fire that is destroying the city of Jasper, there is a fire around the Columbia Ice Fields as well.

If they are planning to go to Jasper National Park, here's a link you can give them to check on to see when it might open again. At this point it is closed until at least August 6th at this point.

Link to Jasper National Park page:

https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/jasper

Ironically coming back from my brother in law’s. The whole Pigeon Forge area went up just a couple days after we’d driven through.

My BIL has state or fed land adjacent to his. There was an open hunting weekend and someone was up in a tree stand very near his property. He’s an expert hunter but he knows that there are some real dumbasses out there. To scare the guy off he took his tractor and cut the grass near where this guy was. Scare off wildlife so he’d leave. It was so dry my father in law had to go with him with two massive water containers in case the chain on the mower shit a rock and there were sparks.

and the precaution of having water containers on hand. I hope it worked in moving the shooter away from his home.

How sad for everyone affected. The West is on fire every summer now. It's just a question of how many communities will be devasted. Jasper is much more high profile than some of the smaller places from past summers.

Many evacuations from those areas as well. It's beyond heartbreaking.

one of my favorite places in the world.