Refuge

Red Deer River Cabin No. 53

Alberta · Canada0 mUnguardedVerified listing

The place

Red Deer River Cabin No. 53 in Banff National Park, upper Red Deer River valley (Alberta, Canada), at 1,860 m elevation, in the main range of the Canadian Rockies. A historic Parks Canada cabin (numbered Warden cabin series) used by park wardens and mountaineers. Home to subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) and Engelmann spruce, part of the UNESCO Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (1984), habitat of grizzly bear and elk.

The setting

Banff NP upper Red Deer River Alberta 1,860 m Canadian Rockies, numbered Parks Canada Warden cabin, subalpine fir/Engelmann spruce, UNESCO Rocky Mountain Parks 1984, grizzly/elk.