Hi there,

Looking to help my parents plan their retirement cross country trip. They asked me to look into Dinosaur campground. I see it’s reservable starting around April. And individual sites are available 90 days prior to date. So does this mean April dates will be available some time in January/February?

Just wanted to clarify so my parents don’t become homeless during the trip.

Thanks!

Sorry, I'm sure it's a silly question. But, what fuel do you use in alcohol stoves? Up until now I've only used canister and white gas stoves. In the UK I think meths was the go-to fuel of choice in alcohol stoves, but I haven't found it here.

Also, are we allowed to use alcohol stoves during fire bans here?

Where can I buy a bison hide, I'd like to do some winter camping. I live in Calgary. Any suggestions are very welcome.

Heading to Canmore/Kananaskis in mid December to do some winter tenting and was wondering if anyone knows of any good locations for that!

Is potable water available at Canyon Sani Dump in Peter Lougheed this weekend? Parks web site lists it as Dry Dump but the previous 2 years they have had the water on for Thanksgiving Weekend.

Just need to know if I have to fill up before hitting the road.

My family and I are currently on vacation in Alberta and for more context on our background, we are from singapore, an small country/city in asia where camping is rare because of the unbearable heat and lack of nature spots really. Our knowledge on camping etiquette is almost non existent.

We were looking for a spot to cook some noodles for lunch today and came across a campsite with lots of picnic tables. Thought we hit jackpot as we couldn't find suitable picnic tables in the previous spots we visited along the icefield parkways. Halfway through cooking the noodles, we realised there's a small paper tag attached to the corner of the table, with reservation details. That's when we realised that the table was reserved, which led us to further realise we probably couldn't use these tables just because they were vacant at the moment. We were pretty mortified but we were already halfway through cooking and wanted to just finish and leave asap. Every time there was a car that pulled up we got quite frantic thinking that the 'owner' of the site was here to judge us.

Anyway, the people who actually did reserve the site came up to us and they were really sweet about it and told us straightaway to continue using as they were gonna go on a hike. But I'm just wondering, how bad is it to use reserved picnic tables for a meal at campgrounds if they were unoccupied at the moment? Is it something that is generally super frowned upon?

We're looking for a bookable campground with power that is max 3 hrs away from Calgary downtown. Arriving on Saturday so we don't want to try out luck with first come, first serve.

Options we have so far are: Bow Valley Campground, McLean Creek Campground & Kinbrook Island Campground. Let us know if you recommend any of these or if you have other recommendations please & thank you!

This was the trail to Twin Falls in Yoho National Park but I couldn’t find any picture of this place when trying to google it. Just wanted to find more pictures of this area cuz I was too afraid to take a pic while on the hike!

Anyone knows larch hikes in the wildland parks ? like elbow sheep. I want to do a camp near larches since random camping is allowed at wildland parks.

I've taken my son camping this summer, and it seems he's into it and would like to continue doing so next year and beyond. Both times I took him to Little Bow. I liked it because there was a place to swim and walk and a playground and such. We went it August, and stayed in Loop A, and it was quite full and busy. We went again this past weekend and we were one of three sites occupied in that loop, and the water was quite low (I assume the reservoir had been drained a bit). It was fun, regardless. We are doing a combination of tenting and using Hennessey tent hammocks.

I'd like to find a similar spot down in the Crowsnest or Waterton area. Ideally, a little more privacy between sites, close to water for swimming, and lots of trees for the hammocks. I know there is a lot of spots in those areas, and I'm looking for any recommendations that might fit the criteria!

Thanks for any input!

Hello. We are thinking about going camping for thanksgiving this year. We had planned on going to Jasper, but that’s not an option anymore obviously. What would be some fun and family friendly campgrounds, no further than 4 hours from Edmonton? Power hookups would be our only criteria, otherwise we’re open to anywhere.

Looking for a good site recommendation at the Mclean campground Please if you can give me the loop or site name TIA

Upd: guys from another group told me that the background permit is only needed for PLUZ, wildland parks don’t require permits to camp

Hey, I'm new to backpacking and I came across a beautiful trail in Elbow Sheep that I want to do as a backpacking trip.

I know that since it's wildland, I'm allowed to random camp but I'm confused about the backcountry permit.

Do I need one? Whenever I read anything about this place, all I see mentioned is Kananaskis pass which I owe, I also talked to multiple people who said that they didn't have any permit to camp there. On the other hand, Alberta parks mentions that random camping requires a permit.

Please help me understand what should I do haha and thanks in advance to y'all, kind people of Alberta!

Was hoping to go climbing in Frank Slides next weekend and was wondering if anyone could give me a rough idea or recommend a spot for crown land camping is in that area? Or is it just worth booking a campsite nearby?