I know that in 2017 enter to NPs are free. In 2008 on my trip to AK I drove from Banff to Jasper and stop to see Lake Louise. I did not camp in the NP and only stopped for lunch at Lake Louise. I do not remember paying any fee. The same is for Waterton NP. I did a day trip to the NP but can not remember paying any fee.Is old age making me forget? . . . :h. . . What is the "normal" fee to enter the NPs. How are the fees collected around Banff and Jasper and the BC side of the mountain. I think there is 3 or 4 NPs that adjoin each other.Please educate this "southern boy".

We never paid any fees other than for the CG when we camped in the Banff area.

There are"toll booths" at the entrances on the highways into Banff and Jasper where you would pay the day use fee to enter the parks. I don't know what the fees are because we have an annual pass. If you are planning to go to any of the Canadian National Parks this year, I would order the annual pass, it is free for 2017 and is a commemorative pass so it looks different to the regular annual pass. To order go to the Parks Canada website and follow the links.It took me 3 tries to get mine ordered because of the large demand and the website just bogged down.

Yes, that's what I remember too Yeti plus - we purchased a Canada Parks Pass in advance of our trips years back and went through a toll booth and had to show it then. Also had to show it when we camped at Two Jack, Lake Louise, and near Jasper at Whistlers. Didn't have to show it when we went to Takaka Falls or to Moran or Waterton, so we assumed that our one toll booth entry covered it all.

The normal entry fee is $ 19.50 a car per day. If you camp then there are the camping fees on top of that. We buy a yearly pass because we are only 4 hours from Jasper and are through the area at least 6 times a year. For 2017 the entrance fees are waived but you still have to pay for camping. Most of the RV Parks in Banff and Jasper are already booked for the long weekends this year. Might be some cancellations so always good to check. We have just showed up at Jasper on a long weekend and got into an unserviced site.

If you are not stopping to camp,or stay, but merely driving through you won't have to pay. The highways are not toll roads. I'm hoping I got that right, its been awhile. But I am wondering, why you would need to stop even if you were staying, during the year 2017? Is it free only to those who get an online Free Pass? This seemingly straightforward edict, has some twists in its administration if not studied carefully.

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agesilaus
Explorer III
Jan 15, 2017
We never paid any fees other than for the CG when we camped in the Banff area.
Yeti_plus
Explorer
Jan 15, 2017
There are"toll booths" at the entrances on the highways into Banff and Jasper where you would pay the day use fee to enter the parks. I don't know what the fees are because we have an annual pass.
If you are planning to go to any of the Canadian National Parks this year, I would order the annual pass, it is free for 2017 and is a commemorative pass so it looks different to the regular annual pass. To order go to the Parks Canada website and follow the links.
It took me 3 tries to get mine ordered because of the large demand and the website just bogged down.
ReneeG
Explorer
Jan 15, 2017
Yes, that's what I remember too Yeti plus - we purchased a Canada Parks Pass in advance of our trips years back and went through a toll booth and had to show it then. Also had to show it when we camped at Two Jack, Lake Louise, and near Jasper at Whistlers. Didn't have to show it when we went to Takaka Falls or to Moran or Waterton, so we assumed that our one toll booth entry covered it all.
cpurves
Explorer
Jan 15, 2017
The normal entry fee is $ 19.50 a car per day. If you camp then there are the camping fees on top of that.
We buy a yearly pass because we are only 4 hours from Jasper and are through the area at least 6 times a year.
For 2017 the entrance fees are waived but you still have to pay for camping.
Most of the RV Parks in Banff and Jasper are already booked for the long weekends this year. Might be some cancellations so always good to check. We have just showed up at Jasper on a long weekend and got into an unserviced site.
daveB110
Explorer
Jan 15, 2017
If you are not stopping to camp,or stay, but merely driving through you won't have to pay. The highways are not toll roads. I'm hoping I got that right, its been awhile. But I am wondering, why you would need to stop even if you were staying, during the year 2017? Is it free only to those who get an online Free Pass? This seemingly straightforward edict, has some twists in its administration if not studied carefully.
TenOC
Nomad
Jan 15, 2017
My understanding is they will give you a free pass at the toll booth if you do not get one on line. They want you to get one on line to speed up the entrance process.
whatimmadoboutm
Explorer
Jan 15, 2017
daveB110 wrote:
If you are not stopping to camp,or stay, but merely driving through you won't have to pay. The highways are not toll roads. I'm hoping I got that right, its been awhile.

This is true for Highway 16, (Valemount, BC to Hinton, AB via Jasper Park) but not Highway 93 (Banff to Jasper).
Boon_Docker
Explorer III
Jan 15, 2017
The OP may have came through the park entrance real late in the afternoon or early evening when the Park Office was closed.
cpurves
Explorer
Jan 16, 2017
whatimmadoboutmylegs wrote:
daveB110 wrote:
If you are not stopping to camp,or stay, but merely driving through you won't have to pay. The highways are not toll roads. I'm hoping I got that right, its been awhile.

This is true for Highway 16, (Valemount, BC to Hinton, AB via Jasper Park) but not Highway 93 (Banff to Jasper).

Yes they aren't toll roads. Usually if you are going through on the Trans Canada highway (highway one) or on the Yellowhead (highway 16) then there is no charge. But anytime you are travelling on the Icefields parkway (highway 93) you are entering the park and that requires the park entry fee. For 2017 those fees are waived.
Pipeman
Explorer
Jan 19, 2017
Going into Watertown, there is a gate and you have to buy a pass, daily or yearly and the price depends on number of people and if you're a senior. But not for 2017. We bought a yearly pass last summer and it's good for 2017 also. Now going via 11 to 93, you can go to the store and gas station at Saskatchewan Crossing and not have to pay a fee as I remember. If you leave the same day. If you try to go to Banff or Jasper via 93, you will have to get a pass,and again not for 2017.

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