Algonquin Adventures / Any of you camping in the airstrip area this weekend?

**Posted by AlgonquinAP** 1/15/2026 10:09 am

Going to be going in this weekend. wondering if anybody else will be around.

**Posted by petey** 1/15/2026 12:49 pm

Did they change the rules for parking and using the airfield? Thought I heard that you now have to use the parking area just west of Mew. Seems odd considering the fact that there is a convenient parking lot in Mew.

Have fun regardless

**Posted by MartinG** 1/15/2026 6:29 pm

Winter backcountry camping is no longer permitted in the Mew Lake Airfield area. This area is now used for a new Airfield Ski Trail. You may still use the Air Field parking lot to access the backcountry, but you must travel beyond the restricted area.

**Posted by BarryB** 1/15/2026 6:39 pm

https://www.ontarioparks.ca/park/algonquin/alerts

**Posted by AlgonquinAP** 1/15/2026 6:48 pm

I did not know that. Thanks for the quick responses. Good news is we are not actually in the air strip. So all good.

**Posted by AlgonquinAP** 1/15/2026 8:19 pm

I get that one. Safety and kindness to bears. Not camping in such a wide area just so peoe can ski, not so understandable to me. But it forces more people to campgrounds I suspect and they make more money. Or some people cried about the campers in airstrip and we have to accommodate anyone who complains.

**Posted by Swift Fifteen** 4/17/2026 8:26 am

The issue had nothing to with xc skiers, it was the air strip hot tent campers who would frequent the Mew Lake facilities - showers, toilets, ice rink, warm up tent/fire pit..ect. This ruffled the feathers of those folks at Mew L who paid the big bucks to be there (compared to back country fees) That was the primary reason for the change. I don't have a dog in the fight, but I get it.