July 31, 2021
Pincher Creek, Alberta
#ellandlegs
Allegra & Elliott
Castle Provincial Park
Castle Provincial Park, in southwestern Alberta, not too far from Montana, is one of Canada’s newest parks, officially approved and designated in February of 2017. Along with its sister park, Castle Wildland Provincial Park, it contains a combined 105,000 ha (405 square miles) of Rocky Mountain peaks, alpine meadows, forests and rolling foothills, and is home to over 200 rare species – including grizzly bears, whitebark and limber pine, and western cutthroat trout.
While not extremely remote – Castle Provincial Park is accessible from both Montana to the south and Calgary to the northeast – it’s far enough and new enough to avoid many of the crowds found in the national parks and destinations closer to the big cities; The lack of crowds mean that driving is a joy with more solitude than you’d find in Banff.
The Castle region is also a great place to camp for a night or two on a tour of Banff, Waterton Lakes and Alberta’s other national parks.
Castle Falls, Alberta
Scenery on Drywood Mountain Traverse scramble in Castle Provincial Park, Alberta
Southfork Scramble in Castle Provincial Park, Alberta
Table Mountain Scramble in Castle Provincial Park, Alberta
For all the days along the way
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