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 (MST) January 29, 2025
Kootenay National Park: 8 am (MST) January 27, 2025
Yoho National Park: 8 am (MST) January 27, 2025
As usual, dates are staggered, but on launch day for each park, the entire season opens through Parks Canada Reservations. In the 30-minute period before opening, users are directed to a waiting page and at 8 am MST, everyone in the “waiting area” is randomly assigned a place in the queue. Once your it’s your turn, you will have 30 minutes to make a reservation (the screen to the left is what backcountry campers love to see!).
Lake O’Hara camping reservations 2025
Although Lake O’Hara is in Yoho National Park, the launch date is earlier than the rest of the park. In 2025, Lake O’Hara campground reservations open at 8 am MST on January 23, 2025.
Mount Assiniboine camping reservations 2025
Mount Assiniboine camping reservations in 2025 are made through BC Parks. Instead of a launch day for reservations, the BC Parks system operates on rolling dates, with reservations opening up to 4 months in advance of the date you want to arrive, at 7 am PST. For example, if you want to arrive on July 25, 2025, you can reserve starting at 7 am PST on March 25, 2025.
The reservation website is https://camping.bcparks.ca