Jasper town is nestled in the middle of the national park, where icy glaciers tumble down towering rocky peaks and melt to form wild, white water-choked rivers that cut through pine-filled valleys.

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"We destroy these resources at our peril, " Clinton said during his visit to the park, known for its towering, fog-shrouded mountain peaks, dripping trees and exotic birds.

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The landscape is spectacular: the Sierra Nevada with a few peaks of snow even in mid-May towering above rolling hillsides of olives, oranges and wheat.

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The Annapurna Circuit features several famous Himalayan high peaks including Manaslu, Dhaulagiri and Annapurna I, II, III and IV, with Annapurna I towering at 8, 091 metres as the 10th highest peak in the world.

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