Plan Spray Valley Provincial Park near Canmore with year-round camping, Spray Lakes Reservoir, hiking, paddling, skiing, fishing, bear safety, and pass checks.
Spray Valley Provincial Park is an Alberta Parks provincial park in Kananaskis, south and west of Canmore around Spray Lakes Reservoir. Alberta Parks lists nine day-use areas, six campgrounds, and two special facilities.
A Kananaskis Conservation Pass is required to park in Kananaskis and the Bow Valley. Cedar & Spruce Campgrounds is shown as facility operator.
Why Visit Spray Valley Provincial Park
Spray Valley is a major year-round Kananaskis park bordering the eastern edge of Banff National Park. Alberta Parks highlights the Spray Lakes Reservoir setting and notes that the area is important for grizzly bears moving in and out of the national park.
Summer planning can include hiking, canoeing, kayaking, and fishing. Winter planning can include cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, ice climbing, fishing, and year-round camping. The official activity list also includes environmental education, backcountry hiking, front-country hiking, interpretive hiking, ice fishing, power boating, sailing, wildlife viewing, wind surfing, geocaching, mountain biking and cycling, and electric bicycles.
Current bear advisories matter. Alberta Parks lists a bear closure at Tryst Lake Parking Area and a bear warning for Mount Shark Road and Mount Engadine Lodge after a bluff charge. Visitors should travel in groups, make noise, secure attractants, keep pets leashed, and carry accessible bear spray.
Things To Do
Plan around camping, day use, paddling, power boating, sailing, wind surfing, fishing, ice fishing, hiking, skiing, snowshoeing, biking, wildlife viewing, and bear-safety checks.
Planning Notes
Confirm Conservation Pass requirements, bear closures and warnings, campground status, trail reports, AIS precautions, fishing rules, maps, weather, and Alberta Parks updates.