All I can say after reading a couple of the other reviews is "REALLY?"…read more.. I've found the staff that run ANY Kananaskis campground to try unbelievably hard to make your stay pleasant. They clean up the site after the previous renter leaves, and they try to keep a lid on noisy sites while still letting people have fun. The Conservation Officers are there for some very real reasons. If you get a visit from them, they are doing the rest of us a favor by encouraging your behavior to change, so that they don't have to deal with the consequences of a bear becoming aggressive. As much as I would prefer to be alone when I'm out there, I don't think these reviews are fair. After all, outhouses are what they are, and plowing in a bunch of plumbing means the overall quality of the experience goes down, since the sites generally get closer, and the trees in between sites disappear. Lots of golf course style sites in other parks, if you want a flushing biffy and cell phone service, try Tunnel Mountain in Banff. They've almost paved the whole park by now, so you might feel more at home. If you have a family and are looking to reserve a site in a good location, close to lots of things to do, in one of the most beautiful parts of the world, and you want your vacation to go smoothly, I would strongly recommend you try this Campground. Yes, there are Bears, Bugs, and Outhouses. Sometimes Whisky Jacks, Hoary Marmots, Fishers, Coyotes, Wolves, some of the largest Bull Trout in Western Canada, and Great Horned Owls. They live there. We're just visiting....

The staff there is shady. our first time camping in a bear…read morecountry. ( didn't pay attention to the sigh at the entrance) We woke up to a conservation officer. got a ticket for almost $200 for having beers and empties out. ( seriously, 2 cans of beer in a cooler and some empties) Did a little research after i got home, apparently staffs normally leave a note or knock on your door if you are leaving anything out and they will call the officer if you don't clean up. But we had no warnings at all!!!!!!! only one sign before you enter the campground. on top of that, NO CELL PHONE RECEPTION 40 MINS DRIVE IF YOU NEED IT. LOVELY. I DON'T THINK THEY TELL YOU THAT WHEN U BOOK IT EITHER Never going back there again !!!!!

Heard many great things about this place so we booked in for 5 nights during the summer. I read…read moresome reviews online about it before we went, I tend to do this to see if anything unusual stands out (ghosts, bug infestations, bears gnawing on people, etc) which would help us prepare. We arrived and were in awe of the beauty of the campground. Growing up in small towns we are not glampers, nor do we like to camp on top of our neighbors with little or no tree coverage/privacy. The loop we were in was treed, luscious and campsites were large. There are all kinds of adventurous things to do here. Hiking, biking, volleyball nets, tennis court, small kiddie swimming pool (for the kiddies of course) and an amphitheater with nightly shows. They further had craft hour and/or scavenger hunts for the kids and a gift shop in the main building. If you get bored you can drive 30 minutes to Canmore and wander around. This campground is huge, truly fabulous and only an hour out of Calgary. Be sure to be on your game when it comes to booking 3 months in advance as the campsites fill up quickly.

Some Yelpers and I went on a snowshoeing excursion to the Hogarth Lakes Snowshoe Loop. The highways…read morethrough the park were ploughed, clear and well sanded. The signage on the highway was easy to read. The trail that we were on was active and it hadn't snowed in a few days so there was a solid path to follow, but if there hadn't been, the path was well marked with brightly coloured markers on the trees along the way. The trail was pretty easy and made for a nice little hike across a couple small lakes. The parking areas were clean which was a good sign as I didn't notice garbage containers provided which means people are packing everything out that they bring in.

This park is spectacular, literally words actually fail me I've never seen such beauty except in…read moreNew Zealand. I've been traveling around to provincial and national parks for 40 years, most of my time has been spent in Ontario in Algonquin, but my favorite country in the world is New Zealand, and this trip yesterday to best provincial park in Alberta literally is the only place in my life I've seen that rivals New Zealand. Anyway I don't even want to post this review because I don't want the place to get as popular as it deserves, But I just noticed I have over 20,000 viewers of my yelp page so I guess you guys deserve some rewarding gossip and advice. I highly recommend, it's absolutely gorgeous. Look at these photos and video. The only problem is meeting an obnoxious German Ranger lady who freaked out and screamed at me because I parked my car somewhere that said no picnicking... She screamed that I had to park it on the dam, which actually was much more convenient for where we were trying to get to, We were fishing at the dam but there were no sign saying it's OK to park on the dam. Why would it be better to park on a dam where there is very narrow road, versus parking way off to the side where there is a massive field and picnic benches that were deserted to come out enough room to park 100 cars and not a single person there. I pointed out to her that there is a sign that said no picnicking, but I'm not eating anything, she screamed that it says no picnicking which means also no parking and no nothing!!!!! I didn't realize that no picnicking meant no parking! How did I live on my life without realizing that signs that warn no picnicking mean actually no doing anything at all!? I felt like telling her she was totally living up to the stereotype of overregulated Canadian indentured civil servants but why waste my time when I have such beautiful mountains and turquoise lakes to look at!

Paddy's Flat is a piece of privacy that's close to Calgary. At only about a 45 minute drive from…read moreCalgary and 20 minutes from Bragg creek, Paddy's Flat offers an opportunity for the entire family to feel at home in nature without too much "are we there yet are we there yet?!" along the drive. The campsites are decently spacious, well for us tent folk anyway. I'm not sure what pulling you 50 foot bus up is like. What I love about this campground is the short walk to the river and the paths that you can access from here. Following the main path to the river, you can access some prime rocks for hanging out, soaking up the sun and on a hot day, jumping into that glacier water, screaming a blood curdling scream, and clawing your way back to the shore. It's the worst, but you can't help but feel so alive!

This place reminds me of Saskatchewan camping. Few amenities, fairly flat, low key and wide open…read morespaces. I won't lie, I had some anxiety knowing bears were lurking in the bushes (there had been sitings the day I set up) and I was woken up at night once by noise that had my heart in my throat. Otherwise, it was all good. :-)

Amazing views but be careful of bears in the area! There are many trails nearby and outhouses. You…read morecannot go around the whole lake but beautiful views of great mountains. Value 5/5 Atmosphere 5/5 Service 3/5 Quality 4/5 17/20