Redstreak Campground

The staff at the check-in booth are super nice. The washrooms are super clean. The sites are super clean. Tons of firewood available. Those are the nice comments. Now for the bad ones... The roads in this campground have gone to crap and need to be completely repaved over. Potholes everywhere. It would be super nice if all these campsites were leveled now that road-building equipment has (GPS) technology. Every single campsite is out of level and there should be no reason for it. Add some gravel to each site too. Haul away all the trees that have blown over and fill in the holes. Also, this campground has power issues. When its super-hot outside, the power grid inside this campground is so old that your AC unit will trip out because of low voltage. Government, please spend some of our money on this campground.

We spent 3 nights at Redstreak with friends and family and what an awesome campground. We stayed in the D loop, which seems like a great location—close to multiple bathrooms and cookhouses, a short walk to the amphitheater where the interpreters put on nightly entertainment focused on the area and animals in the area. While the camp sites are close together, this was ideal for our group camping trip. It’s also a 2.5km hike to the hot springs. It was also nice to have proper bathroom facilities, with hot water and showers. Pretty glamorous compared to how we normally camp. Definitely worth the 4hr drive and already looking forward to making more trips in the future.

Redstreak was a good campground, has hot showers and bathrooms, the only downside is that it’s very tight among the spaces, you’ll be very close to your neighbors and with very little privacy as there is not many trees. But it’s a cozy campsite with beautiful views and the town just down the hill with many shops to visit and a grocery store. Firewood is also provided there to as well!

Stayed in an otentik A18 for a night at the beginning of September. We absolutely loved the campground, its situated high up overlooking Radium and a short walk takes you into town or to the hot springs. It was quite during our visit being later in the season, showers where nice and hot and clean. The otentik was really nice and A18 had a great view. Planning to go back next year and stay longer as we liked it so much.

Fine campsite, very large. To get to the reception from your site takes a while. There are so many mosquito's! You can't sit outside without being bitten. We saw a deer next to our campsite. We took a hike to Radium Hot Springs from the campsite. It's a 2,8km hike. 30 minutes through the forest.

One of the most beautiful campgrounds on our trip. There were animals roaming the campground such as mule deer, woodpeckers and bighorn sheep in the surrounding area. We also saw the northern lights.

The campground is good. The washroom and showers were cleaned, but for some reason, there were way too many mosquitoes there just at the campsite, not In radium and invermere. No bug zapper in washroom as well. If it is cold, it is very good campsite, just little near to each other.

If tons of people being oblivious of other people is your thing, you’ll love this place. 10/10 on the music selection from the multiple campsite DJs. The sound of the blow dryers from the bathrooms is A+ as well. You’re also a hop, skip, and jump away from all the amazing nightlife in Radium Hot Springs, so if you get tired of “camping”, you can always go get some food and drinks to bring back to your campsite where you’ll “definitely not forget to lock away so the bears can’t get it” wink-wink

Great place to camp, site are small and almost on top of each others. I wish the bathrooms were cleaned more often as I often didn't have toilet paper in my stall and they were just gross overall. Still better than outhouses.

If you like one of those campgrounds with 300 sites packed incredibly close together, lots of parties, this is your site. Literally the worst campground in the Rockies after 38 years of camping throughout the Canadian rockies. Kind of like a crappy RV park. Go to Marble Canyon or the meadows, the scenery is gorgeous, just avoid the KOA crowd at Redstreak. First site they assigned me was 8 x 12 including a picnic table between 70 other sites with nothing between them, despite reserving a different site months in advance. The city dump would be a wash.

We stayed at Redstreak in an Otentik for three nights (if you stay on a long weekend, you have to stay for 3 nights consecutive). The Otentik was clean and the mattress was comfortable. The Otentik is not heated so bring lots of warm camping blankets & clothes. A small lantern is left on the table. There is a broom and dustpan and garbage can inside so you can sweep the floor. There is a food locker outside that looks like it can fit a cooler or backpack. We stored our food in the car. Like another reviewer remarked, the washrooms were really close and really clean. They were in need of a paint job though. Many people were using the washrooms to wash their dishes. Would like to see a designated area to wash dishes & dispose of dish water inside the washrooms. The Otentik experience seemed overpriced for $120.00 per night for a room with no heat, no lights, no electricity,...since a hotel room with heat, cable and some other amenties could be sought for around that cost. To have a fire, you needed a fire permit for your camp site. A fire permit was extra at $9.00 per night. I have been to Redstreak at least one other time. It is a beautiful camp. This time and last time we were here there was a bear spotted in the area. Posters by the entrance and men's and woman's washroom clearly noted the bear in the area. I was surprised that I seemed to be the only camper carrying bear spray, especially this time of year (unless it was concealed). I would not take a chance and carry it (in hands) each time I was away from the campsite especially since the place was not overly busy with campers. Even Parks Staff at the Vistor Information Centre were saying how the bears come right into Radium and try to get into the dumpsters at the grocery store & restaurants this time of year. TIP: carry your bear spray! Do not keep food in the Otentik, use the food locker outside.

Redstreak is a beautiful campground located just minutes from the Radium Hot Springs town site and the Hot Springs pool. There are a variety of sites: tenting, RV, pull through, full service, no service, walk-up, little cabins/huts. A fire permit is extra but firewood is provided; however, keep in mind you will need a park pass to stay here (which can be purchased at the campground gates). In total (with a fire permit), it came to about $55.00 for one night. The registration process was a bit of a joke - if you didn't have a reservation of course. It was taking anywhere between 7 to 15 minutes per unit to check in (on a Monday afternoon no less) which almost sent me into breakdown mode with about 12-15 cars ahead of us when we arrived. The sites were nice - we ended up with a walk up site on the edge of a cliff. It was nice, but we were pretty close to our neighbors, and having to walk back and forth to the car every time you needed anything got a little tiring eventually. The facilities were clean and well kept (free showers are nice too). I would also recommend taking the hike to the hot springs pool; it was beautiful and not overly strenuous. I don't know that this would be our first choice for camping in the area, but we would certainly consider it. I think we would likely look into making a reservation though next time since no one wants to spend 2 hours in line on their vacation!

We just spent 3 nights at Redstreak. We arrived and were greeted by Parks Canada staff and having our reservation in hand were in quickly. We went Labor Day Long Weekend so reservation was key as the entire site was sold out! Not sure how busy it is on a regular weekend. We paid an extra $9 per day for the fire permit which included free firewood. The site was nice. Our tent area was pretty sloped so we pitched it down in another area closer to the car. There were some very nice looking sites buried in the trees or near the cliff overlooking the valley. Overall great site. One thing that made my girlfriends weekend was the bathrooms! No we obviously were not back country camping.. The bathrooms were kept clean, nice showers, good water pressure and hot water! Very close to Radium and Invermere, and there was a farmers market right at the bottom on the campground entrance both Friday and Saturday night from 4-9. Pets are allowed but kept on leash. We both agree that we would go back to Redstreak anytime!

Great place to camp. Parks staff are friendly but some are a bit fussy with the rules so you have to pick and chose your battles. Washrooms are well kept and there are plenty of playgrounds for kids. There is a lake in invemere so 20 minute drive. You don't have to bring change for showers it's included in the cost of fees. I highly recommend this campground.

We booked a reservation for two sites, one tenting and one with the otentik. the campground is very nice with full washrooms, showers and bear bins. the otentik is awesome and we were really impressed with the size and quality. It is high on top of the mountain so you have to drive to get into town. when you purchase a fire permit you get free firewood which was great. It's a shame our experience wasn't better given its a great site. so what could be wrong? well if you're the type of person who is in bed by 10pm and gone from the site all day then this is a better place for you. If you're the type of people who want to talk around the fire, play card games and have fun with friends then this is not an inviting place to go. Our first night there we got a noise complaint for "giggling". at the 11pm quiet time we went inside our otentik and played some card games trying to be respectful and quiet. the next morning we were served with a warning. then that same day the rangers came back to "forewarn" us about the quiet time as apparently even during the day we were being too loud getting our dinner ready. Needless to say it somewhat ruined the whole experience, especially considering we weren't drinking or partying. Other friends of ours were there and they got a notice when they were up casually talking around the campfire after 11 so if you're looking to have any sort of fun at your site I would not recommend this place at all.