i really enjoy the outdoors, especially camping. i also want to challenge myself and my outdoors skills by camping without camping gear. no tent, no sleeping bag. i guess you could call it survival camping. i'm looking for a location where i could trek into the forest and make my own shelter (teepee, lean-to, etc..), my own fire and attempt to find my own food and water source, most likely only for a day or two at most.
is there anywhere in southern alberta where this type of activity would be permitted?
i really enjoy the outdoors, especially camping. i also want to challenge myself and my outdoors skills by camping without camping gear. no tent, no sleeping bag. i guess you could call it survival camping. i'm looking for a location where i could trek into the forest and make my own shelter (teepee, lean-to, etc..), my own fire and attempt to find my own food and water source, most likely only for a day or two at most.
is there anywhere in southern alberta where this type of activity would be permitted?
Best bet for that kind of stuff is probably along the Forestry Trunk Road, or the Oldman area in SW Alberta.
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From the southern Kananaskis border south is all crown land along the trunk road, if you don't mind the occasional quad or dirt bike sounds.
Castle wilderness is perfect, with lakes, rivers & ample deadfall for shelter building thanks to the fire that went through there. Same motorized access issues, though.
We used to go out in K-Country as kids for survival trips like you're after, wasn't a problem then.
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Short, ensure you have a safety net. It's all well and good to challenge yourself, but waking up dead is a fail.
PS: don't be so b*tchy
i will have a safety net, other people with me, and will obviously be letting people know where i'm going. i want to scout the area first to ensure i will have what i need.
sorry about the stfu. i just don't have time for people who try to be 'internet wise guys'. thanks for your help.
i wonder if the Alpine Club of Canada could help you out/provide information. Or what about that Outdoor Calgary group - I thought they had a hut or somehting at the corner of Memorial and 10th.
As an aside, I could only imagine how miserable of an experience this would be if you ran into some weather
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i wonder if the Alpine Club of Canada could help you out/provide information. Or what about that Outdoor Calgary group - I thought they had a hut or somehting at the corner of Memorial and 10th.
As an aside, I could only imagine how miserable of an experience this would be if you ran into some weather
planning around the weather for my first excursion would be paramount. no need to learn in the rain.
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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Last fall I went in search for similar camping. I went to the Kananaskis info station just went of Bragg Creek on 22X/Hwy66, and they had a great map available for free that showed you everywhere that you could wilderness camp.
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i really enjoy the outdoors, especially camping. i also want to challenge myself and my outdoors skills by camping without camping gear. no tent, no sleeping bag. i guess you could call it survival camping. i'm looking for a location where i could trek into the forest and make my own shelter (teepee, lean-to, etc..), my own fire and attempt to find my own food and water source, most likely only for a day or two at most.
is there anywhere in southern alberta where this type of activity would be permitted?
Tom Brown fan? I've done this in k-country and near Bragg creek (camp kiwanis, with permission) without issue. They asked me to keep up my debris hut to show kids coming through the camp. That was 10 years ago, so I'm not sure if they'd still be open to that.
I would suggest you practice close to home first. Learn the bow drill, cordage, flintknapping, primitive shelters, simple bow and arrow, dead falls, snares, fishing. Then there's edible plant identification. If you want to keep it simple, eat spruce buds and the soft bark. You don't really need food if your only trying to make it two or three days. For water, there's enough in the air if you know what your doing.
You should bring some back-up meal kits or something just in case you get injured or stranded somehow. You just have to use your willpower to not rely on them except as an emergency.
I went camping before and roughed it by sleeping outside and eating crayfish, but we still had beer and music so that probably doesn't count. Plus, we were only a 5 minute boat ride from our friend's cabin.
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