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Whitehorse Wildland Provincial Park

52.9572° N, 117.4321° W

Whitehorse Wildland Provincial Park, Alberta. 52.9572° N, 117.4321° W

Wildland provincial park, 174 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/ab/whitehorse-wildland-provincial-park/, compiled October 9, 2026

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Whitehorse Wildland Provincial Park is a 174 km² wildland provincial park 2.2 km southwest of Cadomin, in Alberta. It was established in 1998.

Area
174 km²
Established
1998

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

8.7 °C

Wind S 5 km/h

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

Tonight: Rain. Snow level lowering to 2100 metres overnight. Amount 10 to 15 mm. Low 7.

Weather: Jasper (local forecast), as of 1:00 a.m. MDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:31 a.m.
Sunrise
8:05 a.m.
Sunset
7:07 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:41 p.m.
Moonrise
7:02 a.m.
Moonset
6:26 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

1 low risk

Hinton, as of 12:00 a.m. MDT

Official record

Designation
Wildland provincial park
IUCN category
Ib, Wilderness areaInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Parks Division, Alberta Forestry and Parks