For Alberta Camping Be Sure To Bring Your Camping Stove!

Camping grounds can be found in Alberta camping.   The southern part of the province has some really good camp grounds.  You will find many different camp grounds in Alberta. 

Camping ah the coffee always taste better from a tin pot brewed on a open fire.  The bedtime snacks always taste better when roasted over the camp fire.  You will need a camping stove if you are camping in Alberta. 

Some sites are well treed and spacious well other sites are in the Alberta bad lands.  You can even find camp grounds in the mountains with spectacular lakes and mountains as backdrops.

Campgrounds in the smaller towns can cost you only cost 10 dollars per night and this is a site with hook ups and hot showers.

Alberta has 5 national parks which include back country and front country sites.  Alberta has 68 provincial parks  and 200 hundred recreational areas which also provide over night stays.

Alberta campgrounds offer top notch ,and nature based adventures in the campgrounds.  You will find highly developed sites which offer power hook ups, shower, and flush toilets to rustic minimal amenities such as pump water and out houses. 

If you purchase a Wilderness Pass  it will allow you unlimited back country  travel and camping for 1 year.  For you folks who only want to stay a few nights the wilderness Pass can be purchased at any park gate from 8 dollars to 30 dollars per person depending on the park you will be staying in.

You will see some bears on your out door activities so here are some basic rules to follow.

Bears are attracted to the smell of food.  Do not invite a bear into your camp site keep it clean.  Store your food in the trunk of your camp mobile.  Preferably in a air tight container and away from your sleeping area.  Never store food in your tent or tent trailer where you are sleeping.

Never cook or eat near or in your tent.  Do not bury food scraps.  Do not litter, Place all garbage in the suitable containers provided in the campgrounds.  If no containers are available take it out with you when you leave.

Only clean any fish you catch at a designated fish cleaning station if no station is available use a garbage container.  If moving around the camp grounds at night always use a flashlight.  Move cautiously at night do not run around blindly.

If camping with a dog keep it on a leash not more than 10 feet long. If you have a loss dog it may irritate a bear and bring it back to your camp site.  Keep young children close to you at all times.  Never let them out of your sight even for a minute.  More kids have been lost because the parents turned their back only for a minute.

Purchase a can of bear spray and read the instructions be for you go camping.  Keep the can handy and in your tent at night.

For the avid back country camper be sure all attractants like food supplies for both your and your pet , or scented toiletries are stored so the bears can not get them when you are away from your camp spot.

If no storage unit is around you can hang them from a tree at least 4 meters off the ground, and at least 1.5 meter from another tree.  Be sure the food stuff is stored at least 100 meters from the tents or sleeping area.

Remember you are the intruder not the bear this is his domain.  Do not deliberately confront a bear in the end you will lose.