Hiking & Scrambling Beta
Camping & Huts
Want to sleep close to the trailhead?
🏕️ Camping
- Parks Canada (National Parks) provides the reservation launch dates in November or December for the next summer. The reservations launch on different dates for each park, but are usually spread between January 15th and February 15th
- Alberta Parks (Provincial Parks) has a rolling-window system where reservations can be made 90-days in advance for individual and backcountry camping and 180-days in advance for group and comfort camping
- US National Park Service (NPS) (and in particular Montana Glacier National Park) has a rolling-window system where reservations can be made 6 months in advance.
🔔 Sold out? Get alerted about cancellations. These services watch the reservation systems and notify you when a spot frees up — you still book it yourself through the official site:
- Schnerp: Monitors campground reservation sites for cancellations. Comes with 10 free alerts, with paid plans for more.
- Scree Alerts: Watches high-demand backcountry campsites across Parks Canada and BC Parks (currently in beta).
🛖 Huts
- The Alpine Club of Canada has a number of backcountry huts. They have a rolling-window system where reservations can be made 6 months in advance for ACC members, and 3 months in advance for non-ACC members.