Icefields Parkway first week in June
Other than the road itself, will the area around the parkway be pretty much snow covered during the first week in June? Will we be able to do anything other than just drive through?
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canadafan wrote:
Bear in mind the temperature will be low so you will probably need hookups.
Only Tunnel Mountain (Banff) , Lake Louise, and Whistlers/Wapiti (Jasper) have hookups.
Many of the other, smaller, National Parks CGs do no open until mid/late June.
The nearest CG outside the Parkway with hookups is David Thompson Resort on Hwy11.
Expect snow for a few days , we had snow for 2 days on 21st June 2019!
The animals will be about but the sheep and goats will look a bit scruffy as they will be shedding their winter coats.
some do some don't I camp along there lots. here are 4 of the campgrounds and there dates
Mosquito Creek First come first served June 8 to October 9 drinking water Outhouse Cooking shelter picnic shelter Fire pits Food locker
Rampart Creek June 2 to September 24 June 2 to September 24 drinking water Outhouse Cooking shelter picnic shelter Fire pits Accessible Food locker
Silverhorn Creek June 2 to September 24 June 2 to October 9 Outhouse picnic shelter Fire pits Food locker
Waterfowl Lakes First come first served June 22 to September 4 drinking water Flush toliets Outhouse Cooking shelter picnic shelter Sani dump Fire pits Accessible Interpretive programs Food locker
I usaly just camp at mosquito creek which doesnt open till the 8th, the only one that is late june is waterfowl because it is up a mountian so it has a shorter season. there are no serviced campground along there that I can recall.
what I used to do is stay in banff, see the town or what ever for a day or two, then take a day to go up the parkway and stay in jasper. I don't usaly stay in banff any more as I basicly used to live there I spent so much time there... and June, it can snow anywhere in canada not just along the parkway haha
