BC Parks Camping Reservations Open Soon For 2023
At 7 a.m. (Pacific time) on Jan. 3, 2023, many of BC Parks’ campsites will open for reservations. People can book a site four months ahead of their desired arrival date instead of the previous two-month booking window. A list of campground operating and reservable dates can be found at: https://bcparks.ca/operating-dates/
“Through our ongoing visitor engagement, we’ve heard the majority of campers prefer a four-month rolling window, allowing people to book a site well in advance of their visit. We will continue to listen to public feedback so we can improve people’s park experiences, and everyone can easily access the many beautiful parks and backcountry areas our province has to offer.”
More campgrounds are being added to the new reservation service for the 2023 season, including Gwillim Lake Park near Chetwynd, Yahk Park near the Kingsgate border crossing and Allison Lake Park near Princeton. All these campgrounds will maintain a balance of reservable and first-come-first-served sites.
Launched in March 2022, the new BC Parks reservation service is part of a broader, ongoing redesign of digital services to improve visitors' experiences from computer to campground. Feedback received through ongoing user-experience research has been instrumental in shaping improvements to the reservation service and the in-progress redesign of the BC Parks website, which can be viewed at: beta.bcparks.ca
More than 5,000 people have signed up to be part of the user-experience research. Updates about what visitors want from digital services, how to make camping reservations easier and insights into camper behaviour are shared on the BC Parks blog at: https://engage.gov.bc.ca/bcparksblog/.
