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Ghost River Wilderness Area

51.348° N, 115.4173° W

Ghost River Wilderness Area, Alberta. 51.348° N, 115.4173° W

Wilderness area, 152 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/ab/ghost-river-wilderness-area/, compiled October 9, 2026

  • Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
  • City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).

Ghost River Wilderness Area is a 152 km² wilderness area 17 km northeast of Banff, in Alberta. It was established in 1967.

Area
152 km²
Established
1967

Conditions today

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT · issued 3:43 p.m. MDT Thursday
The first accumulating snow of the season is expected late this week, which may affect holiday travel.

Rain will continue to spread across northern Alberta today. Precipitation will change to snow on Friday in west-central regions, and for much of the province by Saturday. 

Many areas of Alberta are expected to see accumulating snow on Saturday, possibly including the Calgary-Edmonton corridor. The highest snowfall amounts are expected in western parts of the province, including Grande Cache, Hinton, Nordegg and Rocky Mountain House where snow totals of 10 to 25 cm are currently forecast. Snow amounts for other areas of the province remain uncertain.

Snow will taper off from north to south on Sunday. 

Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ABstorm@ec.gc.ca, call 1-800-239-0484 or post reports on social media using #ABStorm.

Official alert on weather.gc.ca · expires 7:43 a.m. MDT

15.9 °C

Wind SW 14 km/h

Observed at Banff, as of 1:00 a.m. MDT

Tonight: Becoming cloudy this evening with 30 percent chance of showers late this evening and overnight. Wind southwest 20 km/h. Low 8.

Weather: Banff (local forecast), as of 1:02 a.m. MDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:22 a.m.
Sunrise
7:55 a.m.
Sunset
7:01 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:34 p.m.
Moonrise
6:53 a.m.
Moonset
6:20 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Official record

Designation
Wilderness area
IUCN category
Ia, Strict nature reserveInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Lands Operations Division, Alberta Forestry and Parks