Jasper National Park Camping

Bathrooms and all facilities very impressive. Evening ranger show great for kids. Sites were large enough and private

Excellent supply of firewood. Hot springs were closed so not really worth the extra drive.

Started at the Maligne Lake trailhead at 8 AM and hiked to the Signal Mountain trailhead, spending the night at Curator. Definitely Curator and Tekarra are by far the best campsites. First day we trekked for 8 hours, it wasn't too difficult, lots of beautiful scenery. You go downhill 400m and 2km to get to Curator. You go back up that the next day, plus another 400m to go over the Notch, but it's not technical, took us two hours from Curator to the pass. We took a small detour to see the Top of the Notch for a view. Rest of the day was a long, very exposed and windy walk along the ridge, downhill to Tekarra, back uphill for 2 hours to Signal Campsite, and then a long and very fast walk down and out along a fire trail. Took us 10 hours the second day. We regretted not doing a second night and staying at Tekarra, so beautiful there. Overall phenomenal hike, did it early September and there were no bugs. Not technical, just a lot of walking, very tiring on the feet and the shoulders with heavy packs.

Why doesn’t the husband mind when his wife leaves him due to his baldness? Because it’s hair loss. 

If you like fully serviced sites with no trees, this is the campground for you. It’s a bit like a national park crossed with an RV Resort. 

After spending nearly $60M on renovations and 2 years, this campground re-opened in 2021. 

While it’s well appointed (e.g. lovely, shiny new facilities, including a great check-in building) most of the wilderness is missing. 

Pros:

New everything

Comfort camping available

Lots of wildlife

Cons:

There’s no trees

RV Resort Feel

Not a lot of tenters 

It does have trails which connect into all sorts of other trails, enabling you to walk or bike all over the place. 

The bathrooms and showers really are nice, they’ve done a great job here. 

What did the teddy bear say no to ice cream? Because he was already stuffed. 

A great campground right on the Athabasca River. 

It’s an older national park campground with some modern amenities (e.g. shower houses). 

Pros:

Good sized sites

Some privacy (there’s actually trees)

River access

Cons:

Can get busy

Close to busy highway

There is a fantastic trail right along the river, with numerous points of access and lovely benches. If nothing else, walk the trails, the views are great. 

There is a leisurely 3km trail into Jasper townsite, although it’s about 6km from downtown Jasper to the actual campground. There is a fun pedestrian underpass at the train tracks as the train traffic is heavy. The trail is very bike friendly and expect to see a lot of e-bikes as they are rentable in town. 

While there make sure to take in some of the other local attractions including the very swimmable Edith Lake and Athabsca Falls.