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paulj
Jun 19, 2015Explorer II
I've camped at a lot of BC PP, but not with a long rig. But my impression is that most could handle you. You may not be able park and stay hooked up, but there should be room for the trailer and truck side by side.
Most PP have large 'industrial' grade gravel pads. A pull in teardrop or P shape is common, but campgrounds may also have pull through sites. They are on the average as large, if not larger, and Washington state parks.
In September you will have to consider fall closures. But those dates are available on PP web site. I've also been to campgrounds with partial closures, including sites with table slabs removed (for maintenance).
Getting a site on a waters edge is hit and miss, though campgrounds with a boat/canoe launch that you can drive to are more common. The parks website has maps with a enough detail for this.
BC (and Alberta) have 'rec sites', something akin to the US Forest Service sites. There is a web site, but in my experience the Backroads Mapbooks are the best source of information. Generally I've not been impressed. Most sites are better suited to pickup campers (with levelers). There's more room in open, cowpasture, sites in dry areas like the Rocky Mountain trench.
On my last trip up that way I crossed on Hwy 3 into Alberta, north on 22 and 50 to Kananaskis Country (Alberta PPs south of Banff), through Banff & Jasper, and back on Hwy 5 to Wells Grey PP and Hope. On earlier trips I poked around the Nelson area before going north to Revelstoke, and east to Banff, and back vie Kootenay NP, Radium and Hwy 93. There are lots of routes to choose from.
Most PP have large 'industrial' grade gravel pads. A pull in teardrop or P shape is common, but campgrounds may also have pull through sites. They are on the average as large, if not larger, and Washington state parks.
In September you will have to consider fall closures. But those dates are available on PP web site. I've also been to campgrounds with partial closures, including sites with table slabs removed (for maintenance).
Getting a site on a waters edge is hit and miss, though campgrounds with a boat/canoe launch that you can drive to are more common. The parks website has maps with a enough detail for this.
BC (and Alberta) have 'rec sites', something akin to the US Forest Service sites. There is a web site, but in my experience the Backroads Mapbooks are the best source of information. Generally I've not been impressed. Most sites are better suited to pickup campers (with levelers). There's more room in open, cowpasture, sites in dry areas like the Rocky Mountain trench.
On my last trip up that way I crossed on Hwy 3 into Alberta, north on 22 and 50 to Kananaskis Country (Alberta PPs south of Banff), through Banff & Jasper, and back on Hwy 5 to Wells Grey PP and Hope. On earlier trips I poked around the Nelson area before going north to Revelstoke, and east to Banff, and back vie Kootenay NP, Radium and Hwy 93. There are lots of routes to choose from.
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