We stayed at Marmot and loved the privacy. This year we couldn't get a reservation there so we are at Robson Pass hope we enjoy it as much. Awesome video wish it was available my first time around.
I'm blown away at how comfortable and well maintained the campgrounds are in your parks. Bear boxes, tables/shelters, wash stations, etc! You dont see that in the areas I'm familiar with here in Cali. Not that I'm complaining, are parks and National Forrest are protected and maintained, by those campgrounds are posh in comparison!!
This is exactly the video I was looking for last September when we were deciding which campgrounds to book. Worked out tho. We did one night at Whitehorn but we got in late and they suggested we switch to Kinney (was not fully booked so there is a chance to get last minute spots) and three nights at Berg Lake. The sites were all fairly busy so there wasn’t a lot to choose from when we got there. At Berg we were near the shelter and bear bins but we found the river drowned out any noise. We had some fairly rainy chilly evenings where we were thankful for the enclosed shelter.
I was supposed to do Rockwall last summer but ended up having to cancel due to the fires :(. Rockwall is definitely on my list. I'll either end up doing it as a standalone or part of a Section C GDT hike.
The first site at Marmot you pointed out is my fav site ive stayed at on berg lake. Sad they turned it into a wooden platform, until recently it was the squared off section of earth like most. Your videos from BLT have got me thinking perhaps a berg trip in 2020 is coming.
Very interesting to see the differences in each country what is allowed and whats not. For me as a 🇸🇪 i take a lot for granted, like that we are allowed to stay more or less where we desire when hiking, just take a spot that you like, close to a lake or on the top if you like. To see how you have everything so arranged where to spend the night is supernice but also a bit sad, all the big and beautiful nature and space arround you and not a big choice where to spend the night. Wish you hade a bit more freedom there but thats how it is. Keep up the good work!
Berg Lake Trail is an especially structured hike. It is one of the most popular hikes in Canada and has thousands of visitors a year; that's why you have to camp in specific spots. Without the designated areas, Berg Lake would be destroyed very quickly. There are other parts of the country where you can camp wherever and whenever you want due to many less people! It's just the very popular hikes that have more structure.
I liked our site on the top of the hill at Marmot (the westernmost one) - it felt very private and had a little shelter area. But it did feel a bit tedious climbing up and down the hill to do/get, which I did too many times because of post-hike mush brain and forgetting stuff.
Appreciate this breakdown/review! Is it doable to go straight to the 21km Berg Lake site in one day? I only have 2 nights and 3 days to spend here. I'm relatively new to this type of hiking so maybe Marmot 19km site is recommended?
Thanks so much for this super informative video. I'm thinking of a leisurely trip, spending the first night at Whitehorn and then 2/3 nights at either Berg Lake or Robson Pass for day trips. Your description of the tent pad views at Robson Pass appeals to me (and the smaller number of sites). How convenient is it for day trips versus Berg Lake?
Great Video Justin! If for some reason all campsite at Berg Lake, Marmot, Robson, and Reargaurd are full upon booking is there a policy that allows you to primitive camp off trail (ex. greater than 1km from any defined trail)? My wife and I camped and hiked the Panorama Ridge and they had a policy for backcounty wilderness camping.
Within the provincial park, there is no random camping allowed. If you go past the rearguard campground to adolphus lake, I think there is a campground that usually doesn't book up or that you can random camp at. Something to look into!
does anyone know if a trekking pole tent can be set up on all the tent pads? it looks like some of the platform ones might not work for such tent. i have an xmid 1p tent.
Do you use campgrounds or do you prefer Backcountry? I'm trying figure out information about how I can camp in the back country and the best trails to do so and how to get there. I'm from Ontario and I was wondering you could do some tips and tricks for the Backcountry take, whether it be Alberta , BC or ontario. I'm having a hard time finding videos where people show the steps leading up to it. Where to park, other transportation to get there, how to get back and where to set up camp in the backwoods. Please and thanks
I like backcountry camping for the flexibility. I don't need to make reservations months in advance and often don't see another person. I was thinking of doing a video on that just the other day! I'll bump it up my list!
@@JustinOutdoors omg that would be amazing!!! A lot of videos say do your research...but it's hard when I don't know what to research because I'm not experienced. Thank you so much. I just found your channel today and I binged all day! 💜💜
@@JustinOutdoors Hi Justin. Great Video. Just a follow-up question about this. I read that the campsites allowed 6 people and I see 2 smaller tents all the time at other sites. What did people end up doing in these situations if they couldn't have the tent? My magical plan was to have two tents on a pad but I guess maybe a few of us will have to sleep under a rain tarp? lol.
I guess with the very heavy use these days having the grey water/wash stations was the best solution for pollution control. I wonder if Parks Canada is doing that as well. I can't imagine the heavy use that gets thrown at these parks now.
I haven't seen engineered grey water stations at Parks Canada sites yet. I think it would be a good idea for Parks to add ab it more infrastructure to the more popular sites.
What a great campsite review! Thanks so much for posting.
Thank you very much for this video with extremely useful info. Exactly what I was looking for!!
Great video Justin, lots of info with great descriptions of each site. well done and thanks for taking all the time for this.
Thanks David! No problem!
Great video with great informations. Thanks for sharing
Very niche video, but interesting to make!
We stayed at Marmot and loved the privacy. This year we couldn't get a reservation there so we are at Robson Pass hope we enjoy it as much. Awesome video wish it was available my first time around.
Marmot was my favourite! I think you'll enjoy Robson Pass. The campsites on the floodplain are really cool.
I'm blown away at how comfortable and well maintained the campgrounds are in your parks. Bear boxes, tables/shelters, wash stations, etc! You dont see that in the areas I'm familiar with here in Cali. Not that I'm complaining, are parks and National Forrest are protected and maintained, by those campgrounds are posh in comparison!!
The Berg lake campsites are by far the nicest I've ever been to in Canada. None of the other ones ar half as well maintained. Haha
This is exactly the video I was looking for last September when we were deciding which campgrounds to book. Worked out tho. We did one night at Whitehorn but we got in late and they suggested we switch to Kinney (was not fully booked so there is a chance to get last minute spots) and three nights at Berg Lake. The sites were all fairly busy so there wasn’t a lot to choose from when we got there. At Berg we were near the shelter and bear bins but we found the river drowned out any noise. We had some fairly rainy chilly evenings where we were thankful for the enclosed shelter.
Also.... looking for a similar type of video for the Rockwall trail. You haven’t done that one have you?
Sounds like you had a great trip! When I go back, I'll definitely be staying at Kinney at least one night.
I was supposed to do Rockwall last summer but ended up having to cancel due to the fires :(. Rockwall is definitely on my list. I'll either end up doing it as a standalone or part of a Section C GDT hike.
Nicely done! Thank you for the info 👍
Thanks and no problem!
I booked 5 nights starting next Tuesday 💃🏻🙈, first night at Whitehorn and 4 nights at Marmot. I’m hoping some good weather!🤞🏕
Nice! I'm sure you'll get a day or two of nice weather at least once over the 6 days! Marmot was my favourite campground for sure! Have a ton of fun!
Thanks for this! I wish I saw it before we booked because we couldn't find any specific information on the campgrounds.
The first site at Marmot you pointed out is my fav site ive stayed at on berg lake. Sad they turned it into a wooden platform, until recently it was the squared off section of earth like most.
Your videos from BLT have got me thinking perhaps a berg trip in 2020 is coming.
It's a beaut. That's for sure.
Very interesting to see the differences in each country what is allowed and whats not. For me as a 🇸🇪 i take a lot for granted, like that we are allowed to stay more or less where we desire when hiking, just take a spot that you like, close to a lake or on the top if you like. To see how you have everything so arranged where to spend the night is supernice but also a bit sad, all the big and beautiful nature and space arround you and not a big choice where to spend the night. Wish you hade a bit more freedom there but thats how it is.
Keep up the good work!
Berg Lake Trail is an especially structured hike. It is one of the most popular hikes in Canada and has thousands of visitors a year; that's why you have to camp in specific spots. Without the designated areas, Berg Lake would be destroyed very quickly. There are other parts of the country where you can camp wherever and whenever you want due to many less people! It's just the very popular hikes that have more structure.
Justin Outdoors ok, great! I do understand that peolpe go there, a very beautiful place! Wish I had a chance to visit sometime in the future!
Hopefully you have the chance!
Beautiful lake and the views of the mountains are amazing! New subscriber here! 🏔
Thanks! It was a heck of a trip!
I liked our site on the top of the hill at Marmot (the westernmost one) - it felt very private and had a little shelter area. But it did feel a bit tedious climbing up and down the hill to do/get, which I did too many times because of post-hike mush brain and forgetting stuff.
Post-hike mush brain analysis video coming soon(tm).
Thanks for this man, trying to decide if I'll be doing this in 2020. This video was SUPER helpful, great stuff!
Also, is that an X-Mid at 12:04 ?
You should probably do it, twice! I have no idea if that is an x-mid. Good eye! Similar shapes
Appreciate this breakdown/review! Is it doable to go straight to the 21km Berg Lake site in one day? I only have 2 nights and 3 days to spend here. I'm relatively new to this type of hiking so maybe Marmot 19km site is recommended?
Depends on you! Some people could do it, some people would find it really challenging. Some people trail run their and back in one day!
@@JustinOutdoors when we were there we met someone who ran to snowbird pass and back in one day from the parking lot!
Thanks so much for this super informative video. I'm thinking of a leisurely trip, spending the first night at Whitehorn and then 2/3 nights at either Berg Lake or Robson Pass for day trips. Your description of the tent pad views at Robson Pass appeals to me (and the smaller number of sites). How convenient is it for day trips versus Berg Lake?
No problem! About equally as easy for snowbird pass. Berg lake is a km or two easier for Toboggan Falls and a few km easier for Hargreaves.
hello,
really nice video. May I ask you the brand/model of the extra fly suspended above the tent at 13min 52, please. Thx a lot
I'm not sure, that was someone else's site. I like to use the LiteOutdoors Tarp. Super lightweight and works great - geni.us/LiteOutdoorsTarp
Great Video Justin! If for some reason all campsite at Berg Lake, Marmot, Robson, and Reargaurd are full upon booking is there a policy that allows you to primitive camp off trail (ex. greater than 1km from any defined trail)? My wife and I camped and hiked the Panorama Ridge and they had a policy for backcounty wilderness camping.
Within the provincial park, there is no random camping allowed. If you go past the rearguard campground to adolphus lake, I think there is a campground that usually doesn't book up or that you can random camp at. Something to look into!
Are the campsite pads numbered at each campground? Or is it first come, first serve basis as long as you have a permit?
First come first serve, with a permit!
Beautiful... view. Where can I park my car, if im going to mt robson national park, berg lake, emperor falls and surrounding area?
You can park at the Mount Robson visitor's center!
does anyone know if a trekking pole tent can be set up on all the tent pads? it looks like some of the platform ones might not work for such tent. i have an xmid 1p tent.
If I remember correctly, every site has dirt tent pads. Some also have wooden platforms which would be much harder to set up a trekking pole tent on.
Where did you store your backpacks on day 4 when you went for multi hikes?
We stored them in the Berg Lake shelter!
When booking these campsites are you booking by the campground on a first come bases, or do you book the actual campsite.
You book the campground and then the individual campsites are on a first come first serve
Do you use campgrounds or do you prefer Backcountry? I'm trying figure out information about how I can camp in the back country and the best trails to do so and how to get there. I'm from Ontario and I was wondering you could do some tips and tricks for the Backcountry take, whether it be Alberta , BC or ontario. I'm having a hard time finding videos where people show the steps leading up to it. Where to park, other transportation to get there, how to get back and where to set up camp in the backwoods. Please and thanks
I like backcountry camping for the flexibility. I don't need to make reservations months in advance and often don't see another person. I was thinking of doing a video on that just the other day! I'll bump it up my list!
@@JustinOutdoors omg that would be amazing!!! A lot of videos say do your research...but it's hard when I don't know what to research because I'm not experienced. Thank you so much. I just found your channel today and I binged all day! 💜💜
Do you think you could fit 2 one man tents on those tent pads? Ty for the video.
They would, but we saw rangers making people take down tents when people tried to put two tents on one pad. It's not allowed for the park.
@@JustinOutdoors Hi Justin. Great Video. Just a follow-up question about this. I read that the campsites allowed 6 people and I see 2 smaller tents all the time at other sites. What did people end up doing in these situations if they couldn't have the tent? My magical plan was to have two tents on a pad but I guess maybe a few of us will have to sleep under a rain tarp? lol.
You trade your Tilley for an OR hat?
Nope! I just wear the OR hat when it's supposed to rain a bunch (it's a waterproof hat).
In case you haven't seen it yet, Tilley just released a waterproof hat!
www.tilley.com/ca_en/tp102-the-hyeto.html
I guess with the very heavy use these days having the grey water/wash stations was the best solution for pollution control. I wonder if Parks Canada is doing that as well. I can't imagine the heavy use that gets thrown at these parks now.
I haven't seen engineered grey water stations at Parks Canada sites yet. I think it would be a good idea for Parks to add ab it more infrastructure to the more popular sites.