Conditions vary a lot throughout the region. It can be sunny and calm in Nordegg while Abraham Lake is stormy, or the other way around. Our best advice is to always come prepared for changing conditions.
Other Resources
511 Alberta is your best option for current road conditions in the region. They also have a webcam at the Nordegg Ranger Station.
For those looking to head out on the water, rivers.alberta.ca provides current information on flow level and the water level on Abraham Lake. They also have webcams that are updated daily at the Bighorn River, Cline River and Siffleur River.
Photopills is the app we use the most to plan tours around sunrise and sunset. It provides the ability to estimate the time when the sunburst happens on various peaks and when the sun disappears behind the mountains at the end of the day.
We provide updates on ice conditions on Abraham Lake as often as we can on explorenordegg.ca. Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to provide more frequent or personalized updates.
Webcams
Curious about the conditions in Nordegg? Here’s the current view looking northwest from the back corner of the Nordegg Canteen. You can see the Rockies on the left and Shunda Mountain (Baldy Fire Lookout) on the right.
Internet in Nordegg is notoriously unreliable. If you’re only seeing a partial image it means our internet slowed down too much to upload an image. Check back again in 10 minutes to see if the next upload is successful.