Jasper National Park shelters the largest intact predator-prey ecosystem south of the Arctic Circle. More than 69 mammal species — including grizzly bears, black bears, elk, moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goats, wolves, and wolverines — move freely across 11,000 square kilometres of subalpine forest, alpine meadow, and glacial valley. The park's elk population alone exceeds 1,200 animals, and autumn rut gatherings along the Athabasca River attract photographers from five continents. Unlike smaller protected areas where wildlife corridors fragment under development pressure, Jasper's unbroken wilderness allows seasonal migrations to continue as they have for millennia. The Jasper Wildlife Discovery Tour operates year-round from a Connaught Drive outfitter station, deploying small-group safaris into the Athabasca, Maligne, and Miette valleys at dawn and dusk — the diurnal transition hours when large mammals emerge to graze. Certified naturalist guides carry spotting scopes, field identification manuals, and radio contact with park wardens who track recent sightings. Morning departures depart between seven and eight o'clock, positioning vehicles along Highway 16 east toward Disaster Point and the lower Maligne Road, where bighorn sheep descend to mineral licks. Evening safaris focus on the valley floor west of Jasper townsite, where elk herds gather in open meadows as light fades. Each departure limits group size to fifteen passengers, ensuring sightline access and minimal disturbance to animal behaviour. Jasper's location at the convergence of five biogeoclimatic zones — montane, subalpine, alpine, wetland, and grassland — creates habitat diversity that supports species from valley bottom to treeline. Grizzly bears forage for hedysarum roots and buffalo berries in avalanche chutes. Black bears favour forest edges where huckleberries ripen in late summer. Elk and mule deer occupy open benchlands, while woodland caribou, though critically endangered, persist in high-elevation old-growth stands. The Athabasca River corridor functions as a wildlife highway, channeling movement between feeding and denning sites. Visitors encounter not a curated zoo experience but a functioning wilderness where predation, competition, and seasonal scarcity govern animal distribution. The tours document this ecology in real time, interpreting tracks, scat, browse patterns, and vocalizations as evidence of an ecosystem operating beyond human schedules.