Campground · Icefields Parkway (Highway 93)
A 38-site unserviced campground with water, shelters and food lockers.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Icefields Parkway Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Icefields Parkway (Highway 93). As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Mosquito Creek: Camp, Hostel and Creekside Walk“You're approaching Mosquito Creek, a stop to consider if you're looking for a basic overnight base.”
Plays as you drive up to Mosquito Creek Campground in the Parkwolf Icefields Parkway Tour Guide.
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Mosquito Creek Campground is a 38-site, unserviced campground along the Icefields Parkway, 27 km north of the Highway 1/93N junction, beside Mosquito Creek Hostel. It suits tent campers and RVs or trailers up to 10 m, but there are no hookups.
Sites are first come, first served. The campground has drinking water, an outhouse, a cooking shelter, a picnic shelter, firepits and food lockers. RV campers who need a sani-dump have to drive to Lake Louise Campground.
There is no cell coverage at the Parkway campgrounds, so download directions before leaving service. Accessible facilities are not available here. The campground operates seasonally; check the current dates before planning an overnight stop.
Wildlife
12 sightingsGrizzly BearMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
127 sightingsBlack BearMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
16 sightingsMooseMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
100 sightingsElkMost seen around 8 PMSighting map
34 sightingsMountain GoatMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
53 sightingsBighorn SheepMost seen around 6 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Icefields Parkway. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Keep exploring
ChallengingNorth Molar Pass Trail24 km · 7.5 hr · 0.2 km awayA full-day climb to alpine flowers and a high, rocky pass.
ModerateMosquito Creek Trail10 km · 3 hr · 0.2 km awayFollow a forested valley to the creekside Mo5 campground.
ChallengingDevon Lakes via Fish Lakes56.1 km · 20 hr · 0.2 km awayA remote four-day backpack to alpine lakes over three high passes.
ChallengingFish Lakes via North Molar Pass30 km · 13.5 hr · 0.3 km awayCross a high pass to camp beside remote alpine lakes
ChallengingCrowfoot Pass and Balfour Viewpoint Trail15.4 km · 6 hr · 7.2 km awayA river ford leads to pass tarns and a tucked-away ridge view.Parkwolf’s Icefields Parkway ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
