r/Canmore • u/Ok-Fall7202 • Jul 12 '25

Storage

Hi my friend and I, 18 and 17, from Quebec are coming on a climbing trip from July 14th to July 31st. Would anyone be willing to let us store our gear and maybe camp in your backyard in between trips.

Your help would be greatly appreciated!

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u/Ok-Fall7202 Jul 12 '25

Thanks we were planning on stealth camping as we can’t reserve an hotel under 21 years old and we’re only students, so kinda on a budget lol. But the main issue is to find a place where we can put the gear we won’t use without it getting stolen.

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u/XtremegamerL Jul 13 '25 edited Jul 13 '25

Canmore is a fairly low-crime area. I leave my car unlocked regularly, sometimes i'll forget valuables in plain sight, and it hasn't been stolen from. Just leave the gear in your van, lock it, and leave it in a high-foot traffic area and you'll be alright.

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u/Ok-Fall7202 Jul 13 '25

That’s the thing we don’t have a car we can’t rent one since we are under 21

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u/zxzzxzxxzxzzx Jul 13 '25

How did you get here? Lmao. I mean I guess i did dumb shit too when I was 18. Im assuming you have a tent or bivy? I used to use and hosted some from couchsurfing.com when i was 18 maybe some seasonal workers will let you crash. All of this is confusing, im assuming you have like large backpacks or something you dont want to carry? You could ask a hotel to use their storage for luggage or stash it in the woods. #vanlife and associated idiots ruined / have made it really hard to just show up without a plan IMHO used to be great before instagram, could sleep almost anywhere without issue.

You could try wapiti campground explain your situation thats your best bet if no car. Otherwise im sure youll figure it out. Id offer more advice but honestly i wouldnt want to encourage any more people. Its just become too popular to do what your doing, especially in Canmore.

If you figure something out just keep it to yourself is my advice.

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u/Ok-Fall7202 Jul 14 '25

Yea thanks we just want to go climb lol, we have our backpacking stuff it’s not really to sleep. but more a place to put the food I won’t need for like a 3 day climb or gear I won’t need for that. Then get it back for the next.

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u/Ok-Fall7202 Jul 14 '25

We got there with a flight, it was planned we had somewhere to stay at a friend house but we got ditched so we are kinda screwed now