2020 Camping thread

[Brent.ff]

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Soooooo...

I know most of you are glampers, but it also looks like the backcountry is fully booked up all summer at this point, or am I missing something?

50% availability and no out of province camping... backcountry got swamped when they opened to booking

[MalibuStacy]

Okay, so I'm not just nuts, everybody just tool it all.

[ExtraSlow]

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Backcountry is closed, not booked.

Looks like I was sorta wrong. A lot of the backcountry campgrounds ARE closed, but not all of them. I guess the few that opened were swamped with reservations.

[ExtraSlow]

BC parks have a cool availability calendar for their provincial camping. I wish Alberta had this. Sometimes I know where I want to go, and will adjust my schedule to fit the available dates. It's really difficult to tease this information out of the reservealebrtaparks website.

[Brent.ff]

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Looks like I was sorta wrong. A lot of the backcountry campgrounds ARE closed, but not all of them. I guess the few that opened were swamped with reservations.

They're closed due to season, not cause of covid. Aster lake has ~200 cm of snow, for example and doesn't 'open' till June 24. Elbow Lake - June 15 (day the gate opens), etc
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BC parks have a cool availability calendar for their provincial camping. I wish Alberta had this. Sometimes I know where I want to go, and will adjust my schedule to fit the available dates. It's really difficult to tease this information out of the reservealebrtaparks website.

Pretty easy to do. Put in your location into the 'location', dont put dates, hit Availability tab in the 'details; availability; photos' section

[Brent.ff]

Camped at Gull Lake this weekend. Fri and sat nice and wacked a couple walleye for dinner

[ExtraSlow]

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They're closed due to season, not cause of covid. Aster lake has ~200 cm of snow, for example and doesn't 'open' till June 24. Elbow Lake - June 15 (day the gate opens), etc

Pretty easy to do. Put in your location into the 'location', dont put dates, hit Availability tab in the 'details; availability; photos' section

Wow shows what I know about anything. I feel like that availability calendar thing on the ABparks is still less handy than the BC one, but it's there anyway.
BC parks, shows availability for each site individually, so you can see at a glance if you will need to move sites. AB site shows if any site is available those dates, but you may have to move campsites each night.

Details details, I know, but it's an extra step.

[Brent.ff]

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AB site shows if any site is available those dates, but you may have to move campsites each night.

Ah didnt realise that, that is annoying. I screwed up my July long booking so have to move sites on the sunday...

[ExtraSlow]

Example, Beauvaise lake, it shows availability August 2-6, but if you select those dates, there's no single site that's open. You'd have to move site literally every single morning to stay all those dates.


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I mostly just like to bitch and complain, don't mind me.

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easy at-a-glance use

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I need to get my shit together and find some crown land spots. Probably want to go scouting that without the trailer one day before I load up the family and end up stuck somewhere. I have ideas, but google earth is only so helpful.

[Brent.ff]

send me a note with where you're looking. i grew up crown camping from cataract to the castle

[dimi]

Had a booking for a 6 day kayaking trip with 4 of my best friends on the Broken Islands Group cancelled. Booked 6 months ago.

To say that I'm choked is an understatement, but it was expected. This whole situation has simply become insanity.

[ExtraSlow]

Less exciting trip this weekend to Little Bow. Friday to Sunday.

[killramos]

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Less exciting trip this weekend to Little Bow. Friday to Sunday.

How high is the lake?

[SkiBum5.0]

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Less exciting trip this weekend to Little Bow. Friday to Sunday.

I may be out there with a new pontoon this weekend. I’ll keep an eye out for your savage Tow Rig

[ExtraSlow]

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How high is the lake?

I'll let you know. Feel free to drop by and have a beer with me. I plan on sitting in a chair for a lot of hours. If it rains, I'll be under the awning.

[Brent.ff]

Ill be @ lundbreck this weekend.. first time camping there, usually would avoid but this was one of the insane booking days.. half occupancy it looks like, so could be ok

[Tik-Tok]

Going to Dinosaur PP this weekend. Weather says 28 Friday and Saturday. Looking forward to it.

Oddly, every single person I've told thinks that its beside Drumheller.

[ExtraSlow]

Well, just down the river from there....

[Tik-Tok]

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Well, just down the river from there....

Calgary is closer to Drumheller than Dinosaur PP is, lol. Everyone keeps asking why we're going with Royal Tyrell being closed.

[ExtraSlow]

I know buddy