Popular Locations
Each area below has its own page of forecast, air quality, and webcam links, grouped by the towns you would actually check before driving out. Most of these areas also appear on the Accommodation page, so you can line up the forecast with a place to sleep.
Kananaskis and the Foothills
Close enough to Calgary to decide on the morning of.
The Rocky Mountain Parks
The Bow Valley up the Icefields Parkway to Jasper. Each page also carries that park's wildfire status and fire ban links.
Banff, Lake Louise, and Yoho
Forecasts, webcams, and park fire information for Banff, Lake Louise, and Field.
Southern Alberta and the Montana Border
Windier and drier than the Bow Valley, and the one corner of the list that crosses into the US.
Interior and Coastal BC
Weekend-trip range rather than day-trip range, and a different weather regime — coastal cloud in the west, heat and smoke in the Okanagan.