Another record year for Alberta campgrounds

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Officials point-out the province is investing $38 million this year in Alberta’s provincial park upgrades, expansions and modernizations throughout the system. 

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In 2018, the RAP system processed 164,101 regular campsites, 3,251 group sites and 3,638 comfort camping units, exceeding last year’s online reservation tally of 163,780.  

Although the system is only in place between February and November, Albertans can still winter camp at a number of provincial parks listed at Albertaparks.ca.

Quick facts offered by the government indicate Alberta’s RAP system has nearly 600,000 account users, with about 250 provincial campgrounds and more than 14,000 campsites in the Alberta provincial parks system.

The RAP system allows online booking for 88 provincial campgrounds (the remaining provincial campgrounds are first come, first served), 162 group campsites and 64 comfort camping units.

The online system is also described as mobile-friendly so people can book campsites on their mobile devices.

To make an online reservation, Albertans are encouraged to set up an account or update their existing account in advance of the reservation days.

Visit Reserve.AlbertaParks.ca.

Reserve.AlbertaParks.ca campsite opening dates for 2019 are Feb. 4 for group camping, Feb. 11 for comfort camping, Feb. 19 for regular camping and Feb. 25 for backcountry camping.

Officials say revenues generated from camping fees are invested back into Alberta Parks.

(With files from Alberta Environment and Parks)