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Originally Posted by Shazam
Two jack is federal, it uses a different system that’s even worse than Alberta’s.
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I feel like the federal system is the best. It is:
1. Spread out park reservation opening dates across about two weeks.
2. All online
3. You login and get a randomized space in line.
Basically I block off 5 1 hr meetings in my schedule to book camping.
In contrast:
A. The Alberta Parks system means I have to login every day, so it's a pain. Furthermore they have that stupid ability to book 2 weeks ahead so often people use this to game the system.
B. Some US backpacking sites are still mail in requests, and it just depends when your letter is pulled.
C. There are lots of mail-in ballots in the US still as well.
D. In europe some reservations are only taken over the phone!
In terms of effort to plan my summer, Parks Canada is the least amount of effort to plan, and because they spread it out I end up getting a couple of the sites I want, and try other campgrounds because the ones I want are sold out.
But let's face it, pretty much any camping is great!