Waterton & Lake Louise early May.????
We are thinking about making a late Spring trip to the Canadian Rockies. We are currently thinking about arriving at Waterton Lakes Townsite campground around May 1st and then Lake Louise Hard-sided a...
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Just to add another thing about your post:
May 1st is not late spring in the mountains. Yes there are campgrounds open, however things really start to “open up” so to speak is Victoria Day long weekend, which is the 3rd Monday of May. That’s the unofficial opening day of Camping for the season.
I can’t count the number of times over the years that we have had snow on that weekend. Like I said in my earlier post, we had snow on the mountains the last Thursday before the 1st of July.
We are retired so we start camping as soon as Campgrounds from around here open for the season and we go out every week and come home every weekend to restock the camper.
Last year year every week were were out camping was cold, windy with rain and snow, we packed it in a couple of times as I was loosing to many crib game to my wife.
Not saying you won’t have a great time the 1st week of May, but in my experience the odds are against you.
As for your awning, there isn’t anywhere where I leave my awning out especially along lakes rivers or in a steep valley. Winds can come out of now where and your awning just won’t flop over the roof, I have seen gusts of winds so strong it ripped the awning right off the side of trailers, at least now a days, the US Airforce and NORAD will help you bring it back down to earth for you. :W
May 1st is not late spring in the mountains. Yes there are campgrounds open, however things really start to “open up” so to speak is Victoria Day long weekend, which is the 3rd Monday of May. That’s the unofficial opening day of Camping for the season.
I can’t count the number of times over the years that we have had snow on that weekend. Like I said in my earlier post, we had snow on the mountains the last Thursday before the 1st of July.
We are retired so we start camping as soon as Campgrounds from around here open for the season and we go out every week and come home every weekend to restock the camper.
Last year year every week were were out camping was cold, windy with rain and snow, we packed it in a couple of times as I was loosing to many crib game to my wife.
Not saying you won’t have a great time the 1st week of May, but in my experience the odds are against you.
As for your awning, there isn’t anywhere where I leave my awning out especially along lakes rivers or in a steep valley. Winds can come out of now where and your awning just won’t flop over the roof, I have seen gusts of winds so strong it ripped the awning right off the side of trailers, at least now a days, the US Airforce and NORAD will help you bring it back down to earth for you. :W
