Wilcox Creek Campground🏕️

Quiet, primitive campground right at the Columbia Icefield and at the base of the Wilcox Pass trail. Perfect for hikers and Icefields Parkway road-trippers. It’s also 2 minutes drive from the Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre, so it’s a killer base if you’re doing big Icefield sightseeing tours.

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📅 SEASON

• Typically open from June 10 to September 28

• First-Come, First-Served Campground

• Primitive campground

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🏕️ SITES

• 46 unserviced sites for tents & RVs (max 8.2 meters long)

• Each site includes a fire pit (and most, if not all - a picnic table)

• Pets Allowed?: Yes - Must be leashed at all times

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💵 FEES

• Stay: $33.25 CAD (per night)
  Expensive for a primitive site - but its a prime location

• Fire permit: $13.75 CAD (per day)

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FACILITIES & SERVICES

• 🚻 Toilets?: Outhouse

• 💧 Drinking water?: Yes

• 🚿 Showers?: No

• ♿ Accessible facilities?: No

• 🛖 Shelter (cooking/picnic)?: Yes

• 🔥 Firepits?: Yes (Firewood is available on site)

• 🔒 Food storage lockers?: Yes

• 🗑 Sani-dump?: On-site

• 🛜 Cell service?: No (Spotty at best)

🗒 Note: Although the facilities are very limited here, if you are in need of something urgent, the Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre has restaurants, a cafe, hotel, and all other basic facilities.

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🔗 BOOKINGS & DETAILS

• Click: Jasper Camping for more details.

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⛰️ HIKING TRAILS

• Easy: For the hikers coming to the area, there are lots of trails around here as well. For easy strolls, you could just wander by Sunwapta Lake, Boundary Lake or head up to the toe of the Athabasca Glacier.

• Moderate: For more moderate trails with some grind to it, there is Parker Ridge or the Wilcox Ridge Viewpoint that both have some beautiful views of the peaks and glaciers surrounding the area.

• Hard: If you want to up the game and do a harder hike. Boundary Peak has an AMAZING view. Just be sure you know what you are doing before going out into terrain like this, I definitely don't advise this one for novice hikers.

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✅ TIPS FROM DEV, LINKS & SAFETY

• This is a first-come, first-served campground, so I recommend getting here earlier in the day to be sure you get a spot - especially since it's right next to the main Icefield attractions.

• Great home base for nearby trails like Wilcox Pass, Boundary Peak, Boundary Lake and more. Also a good spot right by the Columbia Icefield attractions tours, like the Columbia Icefield Skywalk and the Athabasca Glacier tour.