Effective Date: January 5, 2026
Where: Beaver Mines Boat Launch Day Use , Beaver Mines Entrance Staging Day Use , Carbondale Staging Day Use , Staging Area Day Use , Syncline Barnaby Staging Day Use , Syncline North Day Use , Syncline South Day Use , Table Mountain Staging Day Use
Details:Please use caution while recreating throughout the park and accessing Day Use Areas.
Due to ongoing melting and freezing conditions, surfaces may be icy in many areas.
Crews are actively spreading gravel to improve traction.
Encompassing more than 105,000 hectares, Castle Provincial Park and Castle Wildland Provincial Park protect vital habitat for more than 200 rare species. The parks border Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park World Heritage Site to the south, the Crowsnest Pass to the north, the Waterton Biosphere Reserve to the east, and British Columbia’s Flathead River Valley to the west. The Castle Parks are a part of the Crown of the Continent ecosystem, an international region with dramatic landscapes and important wildlife corridors.
Castle Tree Cutting Permits are issued by Alberta Forestry and Parks staff, Mon - Fri from 8:15 to 4:30. (offices are closed from 12 to 1 p.m.). Tree cutting is not permitted within the Syncline Trail Network or within 100 meters of a waterbody anywhere in Castle Provincial Park.
Saturday, February 21, 2026
Firearm Discharge Permit Application
More information:Learn about hunting in Alberta's parks system
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