• Effective Date:  March 4, 2025, until further notice.
• Where:  East Banff Park Gate. 
• Why: Construction of the Bow Valley Community Fire Guard.

For more information please check: https://www.canmore.ca/your-government/projects/bow-valley-community-fireguard

• Effective Date:  February 17, 2025, until further notice.
• Where:  Benchlands West. 
• Why: Construction of the Bow Valley Community Fire Guard.

For more information please check: https://www.canmore.ca/your-government/projects/bow-valley-community-fireguard

• Effective Date: November 21, 2024 , until further notice.
• Where: Bow Valley, daily locations will vary.  Skogan Pass & Cougar Creek (December 13, 2024)
• Why: The Calgary Forest Area’s Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) program for the 2024-25 season is active and could run until January 31, 2025. You may see our contractors working in the Bow Valley and Crowsnest Pass. We have MPB near Blairmore and scattered throughout the Bow Valley from Dead Man’s Flats to the Banff National Park boundary. Daily emergency services notification of burn activity/locations will commence 24 hours prior to ignition. If you are out in these areas, you may see our MPB signage, surveyors, inspectors and control crews in trucks, quads and/or snowmobiles. Most notably, when conditions are safe to burn, you may see smoke in the air from control work which is scheduled to begin near the end of November. Crews have far fewer sites to address this season than in recent years thanks to the success of MPB program efforts and favorable weather patterns.

• Effective Date:  November 17, 2024, until further notice.
• Where: Benchlands East - Stoneworks Creek. 
• Why: Construction of the Bow Valley Community Fire Guard.

For more information please check: https://www.canmore.ca/your-government/projects/bow-valley-community-fireguard

• Effective Date: June 14, 2024, until further notice
• Where: Cougar Creek Canyon from the junction of Montane Trail and Lady Macdonald Trail, upstream for approximately 1km.
  • No access to Cougar Canyon for recreational uses.
  • Montane Trail and Horseshoe Loop remain open.
  • Lady Macdonald Trail is open, but may be subject to intermittent short term closures to accommodate construction activities.
• Why: Construction activities will be taking place to support the Town of Canmore Cougar Creek Sediment Retention Structure Project. To ensure visitor safety around the construction site, Alberta Parks is closing the access to Cougar Creek Canyon for all recreational uses.