Endless options for you and your favourite tent.
UPDATED FOR 2026
Below is a list of campgrounds along the Great Divide Trail. The campgrounds are categorized as:
- Developed, vehicle-accessed, frontcountry campground
- Developed backcountry campground
- Primitive backcountry campground
- A flat spot suitable for random camping*
*Note that there are other suitable random camping locations not included on this list.
Random camping is allowed in:
- Sections A & B outside of the national and provincial parks and the Crowsnest Pass municipality;
- Only within Height of the Rockies Provincial Park and at Wolverine Pass (outside Kootenay National Park) in Section C;
- Section D, including the Amiskwi valley in Yoho National Park and the Howse floodplain in Banff National Park, noting a Backcountry Permit is still required to random camp within the national parks. Random camping is not allowed on the Kiwetinok alternate from Field to Kiwetinok Pass;
- Only from Owen Pass to Cataract Pass, outside of the national parks in Section E;
- All of Section F except for the Berg Lake Trail in Mount Robson Provincial Park, and not along Highway 16.
- All of Section G except for the short section of the North Boundary Trail in Jasper National Park.
Campgrounds are listed from south to north, including cumulative distance on the trail and the nearest waypoint from Dustin Lynx’s guidebook and the GDT App. Amenities such as a water source, firepit, food cache and toilet are identified. Applicable permit or fee is noted.
Resupply locations and addresses are also listed.
