Off the Beaten Path
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Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Parks Canada Reservations 2016
For those of you not aware, Park Canada is changing the reservation processes for 2016. Rather than the 90 day rolling booking window, they are opening reservations for the entire summer (including WCT) in January. The specific date depends on the park. Lake O'hara seems to open in April, not entirely sure if this applies to backcountry reservations
http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/voyage-travel/reserve.aspxR
http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/voyage-travel/reserve.aspxR
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Andorra.
Interest: hiking, backpacking, scrambling, climbing
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Wow, they're really not going out of their way to publicize this.
It looks like of the mountain parks, only Jasper is switching over to this online whole-year-at-once reservation setup, while Banff, Kootenay, and Yoho retain the Phone-three-months-ahead system they've all been on until now.
Only a few parks in general seem to include Backcountry Reservations on the list here, though outside of the mountain parks, I don't know how many have backcountry campgrounds.
It looks like of the mountain parks, only Jasper is switching over to this online whole-year-at-once reservation setup, while Banff, Kootenay, and Yoho retain the Phone-three-months-ahead system they've all been on until now.
Only a few parks in general seem to include Backcountry Reservations on the list here, though outside of the mountain parks, I don't know how many have backcountry campgrounds.
High on the Mountain Top
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Mackenzie, BC, Canada.
Interest: hiking, skiing, camping, SAR, Canadian Rangers (army reserve)
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Thanks for the head's up! Hoping to reserve a couple days at Lake O'hara this year..
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Hittin' the Trails
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Jasper, AB
Posts: 28
Jasper's backcountry reservations are going live tomorrow at 8AM MT at http://www.pc.gc.ca/jasperbookbackcountry. Other parks are gradually brought online over the coming years, as it takes quite a bit of effort to get the system set up for each park.
Headed for the Mountains
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Interest: Adventure travel
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Worked like a charm for the Skyline, but as mentioned by others, the rest of the Rockies is operating under the old, idiosyncratic rules. Baby steps....
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Hittin' the Trails
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Jasper, AB
Posts: 28
Glad it worked for you TrailTalk! I hope that Banff will follow suit next year. The online system is so much better than the old phone lines!
Hittin' the Trails
Join Date: Mar 2016
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For those of you not aware, Park Canada is changing the reservation processes for 2016. Rather than the 90 day rolling booking window, they are opening reservations for the entire summer (including WCT) in January. The specific date depends on the park. Lake O'hara seems to open in April, not entirely sure if this applies to backcountry reservations
http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/voyage-travel/reserve.aspxR
http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/voyage-travel/reserve.aspxR
Headed for the Mountains
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Wow, this sucks. West Coast Trail permits opening more than six months early? Everything I read was outdated so I didn't even know this existed. So much for WCT this year I guess. Shoot.
Trail Talk
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Location: Calgary, Alberta, Andorra.
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Worked like a charm for the Skyline, but as mentioned by others, the rest of the Rockies is operating under the old, idiosyncratic rules. Baby steps....
Headed for the Mountains
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Calgary
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There are walk-on spots available but you may have to wait a day.
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New for 2016: all spaces are reservable. No spaces are set aside for standby hikers.
Headed for the Mountains
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Interest: Adventure travel
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Really?
So, probably if somebody doesn't show up... it starts to become a dilemma with the reservations -
So, probably if somebody doesn't show up... it starts to become a dilemma with the reservations -
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