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Free camping and cell signal in Southern Alberta & Crowsnest Pass
Where Crown land camping is allowed in Southern Alberta & Crowsnest Pass, where you'll still have signal to work or call for help, and what's on the road in: logging, surface and parking. One map, saved to your phone for use with no signal.
Open Southern Alberta & Crowsnest Pass in the mapCan you camp on public land in Southern Alberta & Crowsnest Pass?
On public land in Alberta's Green Area, yes: random camping is allowed for up to 14 days in one spot, not within 1 km of a provincial park or recreation area, and a Public Lands Camping Pass is needed along the Eastern Slopes. The White Area is mostly private farmland. In Southern Alberta & Crowsnest Pass the map shows the Green and White Areas, parks, First Nation and Métis land, recreation areas and where a camping pass is required. Parks and protected areas here include AKAMINA-KISHINENA PARK, CROWSNEST PARK, ELK VALLEY PARK, Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve, Red Rock Coulee Natural Area and more; camp only in their designated sites.
Where will I have cell signal?
Coverage in the backcountry follows the valleys and the highways. Using every licensed cell site and a terrain model of where each one can reach, the map estimates that a clear line of sight to a site covers about 22% of Southern Alberta & Crowsnest Pass for Telus and Bell, 25% for Rogers and Fido and 3% for Freedom. Rogers / Fido reaches the most of this region. The region has 830 Telus/Bell, 754 Rogers/Fido and 230 Freedom cell sites. Speed tests from other campers show where it's good enough to work from.
Remote spots with signal in Southern Alberta & Crowsnest Pass
Ranked by distance from town and signal. Tap one to open it on the map.
- Allison Day Use/Cross Country Ski Staging · gravel road · 22.6 km from Sparwood · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near North York Creek · gravel road · 31 km from Sparwood · line of sight to Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Ranger Creek · gravel road · 99999 km from · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near McGillivray Creek · gravel road · 30.3 km from Sparwood · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Turtle Mountain · gravel road · 27.1 km from Cowley · line of sight to Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near East Crowsnest Creek · gravel road · 17.6 km from Hosmer · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Trail Hill · gravel road · 16.6 km from Hosmer · line of sight to Telus / Bell
- Crown land near Grassy Mountain · gravel road · 28.8 km from Cowley · line of sight to Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Wedge Mountain · gravel road · 24.6 km from Sparwood · line of sight to Telus / Bell, Rogers / Fido
- Crown land near Wedge Mountain · gravel road · 27.2 km from Sparwood · line of sight to Telus / Bell
Logging and road access
The map shows which roads in Southern Alberta & Crowsnest Pass are paved, gravel, rough or unpaved tracks, plus parking lots and trailheads. Logging data for Alberta is not on the map yet.
Towns in this region include Elkford, Sparwood.
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