Canadian Rockies Backcountry Camping Reservations 2025
Parks Canada has released launch dates for Canadian Rockies national park backcountry camping reservations in 2025. Launch dates for Canadian Rockies backcountry camping in 2025 are: Banff National Park: 8 am (MST) January 27, 2025 Jasper National Park: Thursday: 8 am...
G7 Kananaskis Maps
For the June 2025 G7 summit in Kananaskis, Gem Trek Maps have the region covered. The summit will be held in Kananaskis Village, along Highway 40 south of the Trans-Canada Highway, around a 90-minute drive from Calgary International Airport in a region known as...
New Gem Trek Travel Maps
After two years of research and production, we are proud to announce the release of three new Gem Trek Maps. Designed for visitors looking for map/guides that will lead them through the Canadian Rockies, these maps also describing wildlife, geology, and providing...
New editions of Gem Trek Maps in 2024
Announcing the release of two new editions of Gem Trek Maps for 1 April, 2024: Highwood & Cataract Creek Map (4th edition) Bow Lake & Saskatchewan Crossing Map (6th edition) Both maps are printed by Burke Group in Edmonton on waterproof and tear-resistant...
Canadian Rockies Backcountry Campground Reservations 2024
Parks Canada has released launch dates for Canadian Rockies national park backcountry campground reservations in 2024. As usual, dates are staggered, but on launch day for each park, the entire season opens through Parks Canada Reservations. Exactly 30 minutes before...
Lake O’Hara 2024 Trip Planning
Advance planning for a trip to Lake O'Hara in Yoho National Park in 2024 is essential. If you want to visit the lake on a day trip, it will require booking seats on the bus via the random draw, while campers will need to take note of the reservation system opening -...
Gem Trek Maps and GEOEC
Gem Trek Maps is proud to support many organizations in the outdoor recreation field, including the Global Environmental and Outdoor Education Council (GEOEC), an Alberta-based non-profit that focuses on outdoor recreation in the Alberta school system. This work is...
New Edition of Waterton Lakes National Park Map
We have just published the 5th edition of the Gem Trek Waterton Lakes National Park Map. As with all our waterproof maps in recent years, this edition was printed by Burke Group in Edmonton on waterproof and tear-resistant paper. Updating our maps is a labour of love,...
Gem Trek Kananaskis Country Maps
Gem Trek Maps began in the early 1990s with the production of a map to Kananaskis Country (read about our earliest Kananaskis Country Maps). Today we have four Kananaskis Country Maps, each printed on waterproof and tear-resistant paper. The four Gem Trek Kananaskis...
Marketplace at the Banff Mountain Film Festival
After a pandemic hiatus, it was great to be back at the Banff Mountain Film Festival, displaying our maps at the Festival Marketplace. Lots of familiar faces from Banff and beyond, as well as many first-time festival goers.