Bow Valley Camping?!?! Is it all this expensive?
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Looking to spend a little over a month in the Bow Valley this summer...but the $23/night camping fees are making this hard to do. |
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Find a map that gives the boundaries of public Crown land. Be subtle: 'bivy' don't 'camp'. |
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Ok. That's kind of what I've heard from a few people as well. |
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Ask for a weekly or monthly rate.. Most campgrounds (non provincial) have these deals. Other than that find a logging road and bivy as suggested below. Just keep out of the way of the trucks. :-) |
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So I can't seem to find the Non-Provincial campgrounds online. I guess all of this will make more sense once I get up there huh? |
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Coyote camping is the way to go. |
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Dobson wrote: 'bivy' don't 'camp'.Translation for Blake: I think that means you'll have to refrain from setting up the truck tent. Does this mean you're skipping Rifle this year? |
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JCM wrote: Translation for Blake: I think that means you'll have to refrain from setting up the truck tent. Does this mean you're skipping Rifle this year?ha! That thing died...mid-summer last year... No Rifle this year...well maybe start of August. We will head that way for Jen/Andrews wedding at the end of July and I have until mid-end of August before school starts back up. But Ten Sleep and Canmore this summer. |
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Watch out for bears if you are going to camp outside a campground in Bow Valley. People get attacked there occasionally. Do you know what they call mountain bikers in Banff? Fast food. |
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Hey Blake, |
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I'm looking to spend my time in Canmore...climbing at Acephale and the surrounding areas there. I don't want to try and "steal" camping from the provincial campground either...that's not my plan at all! I had just been told that there were places along roads where you could sleep for the night and then move on the next morning. Are there campgrounds that aren't provincial? |
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Blake, |
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wapiticamping.com/page2.html
WOW i had no idea it is that much, $25, unless you need to eat in a resturant each day this is not worth it as ones outta town are 'camping' as this is next to McDonalds. this is a good site, but not the site where you reserve sites, but it has links.... albertawow.com/campgrounds/… Do not even think for a second of getting a campsite anywhere in Alberta period on our May long weekend, bad idea seriously, headache, full of drunken tools, people go out to reserve them in the mid-week. Seems to always rain or snow then too. |
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I spent a week in Canmore last summer. Good free camping is hard to find. We did lots of "urban camping" in the main parking lot in town. Pretty quiet, bathrooms at the park, no issues, but not ideal. Also spent a few nights at the climbing area parking lots (usually arrived late with no problem, but got hassled once around dinner time by a ranger). The lower Grassi Lakes lot is pretty nice. I'm not sure if the Nordic Center offers camping, but that could be an option. |
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Bow Valley private campgrounds.... |
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Revelstoke has a new guidebook out with loads of routes, great town in middle of nowhere! Camping options are better but 3-4 hour drive from Canmore. Depends on what you really want and what you have for a set-up. |
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First...I'm in a truck, and we sleep in the back. Set up and break down is minimal...though being able to be somewhat comfortable is preferable (would like to be able to sit around in the AM and cook/read/etc). |