Trail Conditions & Trip Reports

Official Announcements

A number of resources are available to get more information on the trail conditions (snow, mud) and closures (grizzly bears, etc).

For those new to the area, keep in mind that because of the accumulation of snow, most of the bigger hikes/objectives in the national parks are only dry (read: accessible) from July 15th to September 15th.

Given that the weather is highly heterogeneous in the Rockies, it is often possible to find objectives that are dry before and after this period, but these are usually in Kananaskis. You can narrow your search to: Exshaw area, Highway 40 north of Peter Lougheed, and West Bragg Creek.

Provincial Parks:

• Alberta Parks Trail Reports

National Parks:

• Jasper National Park Trail Conditions
• Banff National Park Trail Conditions
• Waterton Lakes National Park Trail Conditions
• Kootenay National Park Trail Conditions
• Yoho National Park Trail Conditions
• Glacier National Park (BC) Trail Conditions
• Mount Revelstoke National Park Trail Conditions

Community Resources

In addition to the following resources, make sure to check the trip report Facebook groups that provide timely feedback about trail conditions and closures.

Trail Conditions and Trip Reports

• Lake O'Hara Hiking and Camping Planning, Updates, and Trip Reports: Anything and everything about Lake O'Hara in Yoho National Park, including trip reports and trail condition updates
• Mt. Temple Scramble Q&A/Info: Among other things, provides frequent trail condition updates about Mount Temple
• Alltrails has a comment section for each hike where people usually describe the trail conditions. Extremely useful during shoulder season.

Avalanche Info

• Banff National Park FB Group
• Kananasky Country Public Safety FB Group
• Association of Canadian Mountain Guides
  • Website
  • FB Group
• Avalanche Canada Website