--- title: "Basecamp Lodge Canmore" kind: "Gateway Stays" region: "Canadian Rockies, Alberta" canonical: "https://wildernessledger.com/experience/basecamp-lodge-canmore" author: "Ben Taft" reviewed: "2026-09-15" operator: "https://www.basecampresorts.com/canmorelodge/" --- # Basecamp Lodge Canmore > Basecamp Lodge Canmore: hotel rooms rather than suites, king and double queen rooms for 2 to 4 with timber walls and gas fireplaces, priced by the night in the booking engine (no fixed tariff), on Bow Valley Trail with a 24-hour great room, coffee, a cedar dry sauna and cruiser bikes in summer. - Kind: Gateway Stays - Region: Canadian Rockies, Alberta (gateway Calgary) - Season: Open year-round - Sleeps: 4 guests - Access: Road, Scheduled flight - Rate band: $, Under $500 per person / night - Canonical page: https://wildernessledger.com/experience/basecamp-lodge-canmore - Operator site: https://www.basecampresorts.com/canmorelodge/ - Record checked: 15 September 2026 by Ben Taft Basecamp Lodge Canmore is the lodge-style property of the group, at 1002 Bow Valley Trail: hotel rooms rather than apartments, king and double queen rooms with timber feature walls, several with gas fireplaces, a micro suite with a kitchen, and a king suite with a sitting room. The great room is the reason to pick it: a stone fireplace under a CANADA sign, red armchairs, tall windows on the peaks, open around the clock with coffee, so it works as an office, a reading room or the place to wait for the shuttle. A cedar dry sauna is open from eight in the morning to ten at night with change rooms across the hall; cruiser bikes go out from the front desk in spring and summer; and the Everwild spa shuttle is complimentary on request. I photographed and filmed the lodge and built its 360 tour, and the fireplace and the sauna are the frames from the film. ## From, per person What the rooms are, what a stay includes and the terms you agree to, from the property page and the group terms. No rate card exists: the price is set by date in the booking engine, so the price band on this page is an estimate and the live number is one click away. Read from Basecamp Lodge Canmore, property page (rooms, amenities, contact) on 15 September 2026. ## At a glance - Rooms: King and queen (sleeping 2 to 4; one micro suite with a kitchen) - Great room: 24 hours (fireplace, coffee, work tables) - Sauna: 8 am to 10 pm (cedar dry sauna; closed Sunday mornings) - Bikes: Free (cruisers from the front desk, spring and summer) - Check-in: 4:00 pm (check-out 11:00 am) - Cancel free: 72 hours (flexible rate; prepaid rates are non-refundable) - Security deposit: $250 (per unit, on arrival, refunded after the stay) - Parking: 1 space (per reservation, complimentary, not guaranteed) - Pets: Up to 2 (in pet-friendly units only, by notice at booking) ## Included - Premium bedding in every room; gas fireplaces in the king suite and the deluxe rooms - The great room, open around the clock, with complimentary coffee any time - The guest dry sauna, 8 am to 10 pm daily, with towels and change rooms across the hall - Complimentary cruiser bikes in spring and summer, signed out at the front desk - A complimentary shuttle to Everwild Canmore, the group's Nordic spa, on request ## Not included - Breakfast; the breakfast area is a counter for your own coffee and what you bring - Entry to Everwild; booked and paid separately - The security deposit of $250 per unit, refunded after the stay - Meals; every property is self-catering or room-only - Park passes for Banff and Kananaskis, bought at the park gate or online ## Deposit and cancellation - Deposit: Flexible reservations are charged in full by card 72 hours before check-in; prepaid reservations are charged at booking. A $250 security deposit per unit is taken on the day of arrival and refunded after the stay, less any damage or extra cleaning. - Balance due: Full payment 72 hours before arrival on a flexible rate; at booking on a non-refundable rate. - Flexible rate, more than 72 hours before arrival: Nothing; cancel or change free - Flexible rate, inside 72 hours: The full reservation price - Non-refundable prepaid rate, any time: 100%; no amendment or refund - Groups of 4 or more rooms or suites: Free until 45 days before arrival (30 in low season) The security deposit is refunded in full within 5 days of a cancellation notice. Rates are in Canadian dollars and can change until the reservation is paid in full. Basecamp does not sell trip insurance; a non-refundable rate is only worth the saving if the dates are certain. Read from Basecamp Resorts, terms and conditions on 15 September 2026. ## Questions people ask **Lodge room or a suite next door?** The lodge is rooms: a king room for two, double queens for four, a king suite with a sitting area and fireplace, and one micro suite with a kitchen. It suits one or two nights between drives, a solo traveller or a couple who would rather have a great room and a sauna than a kitchen. For a week, or for more than four people, Basecamp Resorts Canmore next door is the same block with kitchens. **Can I work from the lodge?** The great room is open 24 hours with tables, armchairs by the fire and coffee on tap, and wifi throughout; it is the reason the lodge lists work retreats among its uses. **What does a night cost?** Basecamp does not print a rate card; the price for each room or suite is set by the date and the length of stay in the booking engine on the property page, with a choice of a flexible rate (cancel free until 72 hours before arrival) and a lower non-refundable prepaid rate. Suites with kitchens are priced for the whole unit, not per person, so a family or two couples in a two-bedroom pays one rate. **Can I bring my dog?** At the properties with pet-friendly units, yes, up to two pets, and you must say so when you book so a pet-friendly unit is allocated; a pet found in a non-pet unit is charged $100 a night. Pets stay off the furniture and bedding, out of the spa, on a lead on the property, and any extra cleaning is billed. **Is there parking?** Basecamp aims to provide one complimentary space per reservation at every property, displayed with a parking pass; it is not guaranteed, and a second vehicle is not promised a space. ## Stories - Base camp: five beds in Canmore and Revelstoke, the night before the mountains: https://wildernessledger.com/guides/base-camp-canmore-revelstoke (plain text: https://wildernessledger.com/guides/base-camp-canmore-revelstoke.md) - Canmore, the day before the mountains: what to do with the buffer day: https://wildernessledger.com/guides/canmore-before-the-mountains (plain text: https://wildernessledger.com/guides/canmore-before-the-mountains.md) ## Sources - Basecamp Lodge Canmore, property page (rooms, amenities, contact): https://www.basecampresorts.com/canmorelodge/ (read 15 September 2026) - Basecamp Resorts, terms and conditions: https://www.basecampresorts.com/terms-conditions/ (read 15 September 2026) Canonical page: https://wildernessledger.com/experience/basecamp-lodge-canmore Written by Ben Taft, Photographer and filmmaker, The Wilderness Ledger (https://wildernessledger.com/about). Ben Taft visited and photographed Basecamp Lodge Canmore in person; the figures above are from the operator's own published material, read on the dates shown. Every photograph and film is his. Publisher: The Wilderness Ledger. Corrections: hello@wildernessledger.com.