TenOC wrote:
SideHillSoup wrote:
Your routing and ideas are all over the map.
1, first there is no “boondocking in any Canadian National Park period. There is over flow camping and places that you can “camp / park “ over night in the NP’s however they are regulated areas that you can stay at, you just can’t park anyplace you like for the night.
Soup.
We plan to stay 2-3 nights at the Icefield parking lot.
did you look at how the ice field works?
"Icefields Centre RV
Open: May 17 to October 9, 2023
Reservable: All sites available on a First Come, First Served basis. No reservations possible.
Sites: 100
Trailers and RVs only. Water and fire not available on site.
Fees:
Unserviced: $16.75
Used for RV parking during the day, this parking lot becomes an easy place to overnight while exploring the Icefields Parkway. This location offers great views of the Athabasca Glacier with your coffee in the morning."
so remember you may have to leave during the day if there is demand, which I doubt but it is a chance. you timeline restricts you to what's available as most of the campsites are closed at the beginning /middle of September as that's the start of snow season haha
If you wanted to break up your icefield parkway a bit you could stop when you leave Lake Louise at Mosquito creek its only 18 per night and has free firewood available a couple nice hikes from there. I think Silverhorn creek is still open in the beginning of October but everything else is closed unless your around the main Banff sites, hard side lake Louise or up at the jasper big campgrounds.
I almost forgot, just so you are prepared the icefields is a high wind area and in October that wind will be bitterly cold. Mosquito creek I mentioned is one hour south of the icefield and really unless there is a specific reason you want to be there other than seeing the icefield I wouldn't recommend more than a day there.
