Accommodation

Canmore and North Kananaskis

Bow Valley Provincial Park campgrounds and the Ribbon Creek hostel.

All in Bow Valley Provincial Park (Alberta Parks), near Exshaw/Seebe. There's no frontcountry campground at Barrier Lake itself — it's a day-use trailhead.

Reservable — Bow Valley, Willow Rock, and others
First-come, first-served — Three Sisters
Hostels — HI Kananaskis Wilderness Hostel (Ribbon Creek, down Highway 40 — the main hostel basecamp for both North and South Kananaskis)

Bragg Creek & Elbow Valley

Campgrounds along Highway 66 and McLean Creek, the nearest basecamps to West Bragg Creek.

South Kananaskis

Campgrounds across Peter Lougheed, Spray Valley, and Sheep River provincial parks.