After a week of camping, little can beat the feeling of soaking in a steaming hot bath, surrounded by hills and stars.

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Along with neighbouring Banff, Jasper is a Unesco World Heritage site, recognised for its beauty, animal and plant life, and staggering variety of landscapes, including glaciers, alpine meadows, steaming hot springs, cerulean lakes and some of the highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains.

BBC: Hiking to the top of Jasper National Park

This cake keeps well for days at room temperature and is wonderful with steaming-hot coffee or tea.

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And, you realize these things because 25 is as much like a wake-up call as the hot steaming coffee in that thermos.

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Why spend the night stepping over pools of vomit when you could watch the entire thing on television, from the comfort of your own home, with a steaming cup of hot chocolate in hand?

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The noodles are served hot, in bowls of steaming broth, or cold, in a bowl with dipping sauce.

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