Sheep River Provincial Park is an Alberta Parks provincial park in Kananaskis, beginning about 25 kilometres west of Turner Valley along Highway 546 and extending west along the Sheep River. Alberta Parks lists ten day-use areas, four campgrounds, and two group-use areas.
A Kananaskis Conservation Pass is required to park in Kananaskis and the Bow Valley.
Sheep River is a major Kananaskis foothills park where the Rocky Mountains to the west meet lower foothills to the east. Alberta Parks highlights year-round use, with hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, fishing, whitewater paddling, picnicking, camping, and winter recreation.
The official activity list includes cross-country skiing, fishing, front-country and interpretive hiking, equestrian use, ice skating, mountain biking and cycling, geocaching, and electric bicycles. Alberta Parks notes 37 kilometres of groomed cross-country ski trails at Sandy McNabb, while ice skating is listed at Sandy McNabb Campground.
The park is also a practical base for extended stays, with campgrounds, group-use areas, day-use areas, and maps for Sheep River, Bluerock, and Sheep Valley trails. Campgrounds close in winter, but the park remains active for skiing and skating.
Watch the official advisory near Indian Oils Day Use: washed-out bridge material in the Sheep River creates a strainer hazard roughly 100 metres downstream.
Plan around camping, group use, picnicking, hiking, interpretive trails, mountain biking, equestrian use, fishing, whitewater paddling, skiing, skating, geocaching, and trail-map review.
Confirm Conservation Pass requirements, campground seasons, river hazards, trail reports, fishing rules, sewage disposal, maps, weather, wildlife safety, and Alberta Parks updates.
