Photo: Balfour Hut Balfour Hut
acc inside Banff National Park Banff National Park
the basics
what to know
Updated each morning from provincial parks and Environment Canada.
Bear country
Use the food lockers. Do not leave coolers, garbage, or food on picnic tables overnight, even in a car. Carry bear spray on trails.
what to bring
This list adapts to Balfour Hut. no showers means a travel towel; bear country means bear spray.
If Balfour Hut is full
Other places to stay within 25 km.
- Balfour/Rob Ritchie Hut
- Balfour/Rob Ritchie Hut
- Bow Hut
- Twin Falls Campground
- Laughing Falls Campground
- Guy Hut
- Scott Duncan Hut
- Peyto Hut
Plus 3 user-tagged dispersed sites on OpenStreetMap — often genuine wild-pitches; check access rights before relying on one.