Reviews of HI Mosquito Creek - Wilderness Hostel
PO Box 1358, Banff, T1L 1B3 Lake Louise, Canada
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Reviewed: 28 August 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewGreat inexpensive option. Perfect if you need to save money but don't want to tent camp.
Running water and a shower would make this the PRRFECT stay
Reviewed: 23 June 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 21 June 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
Verified reviewGreat venue, very basic, good size kitchen and excellent common room with games and a fire place. Loved the sauna after a long day hike. Good wifi in the evening
Apart from the price everything else was great
Thank you for your feedback! We’re glad you enjoyed the kitchen, common room, sauna, and evening Wi-Fi. We do our best to keep operational costs as low as possible to offer affordable prices, so we’re sorry the price point wasn’t quite to your liking. We appreciate your understanding and hope to welcome you back again soon. :)
Thank you for your feedback! We’re glad you enjoyed the kitchen, common room, sauna, and evening Wi-Fi. We do our best to keep operational costs as low as possible to offer affordable prices, so we’re sorry the price point wasn’t quite to y… Show more
Reviewed: 17 June 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
Verified reviewUnique experience
Not really
Thank you so much for your wonderful 10/10 review! We’re glad you enjoyed our beautiful off-the-grid location. We hope to welcome you back again soon! :)
Reviewed: 17 June 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
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Verified reviewReviewed: 27 May 2025 · Stayed in May 2025
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Verified reviewEverything else
Crampy sleeping quarters, up all night because of someone snoring but what can you do. Larger kitchen would be nice too.
Thank you for your honest feedback. We’re sorry to hear the sleeping quarters felt cramped and that noise affected your rest—unfortunately, snoring is one of those things that’s hard to control! We appreciate your suggestion about a larger kitchen and will keep it in mind as we look for ways to improve. :)
Thank you for your honest feedback. We’re sorry to hear the sleeping quarters felt cramped and that noise affected your rest—unfortunately, snoring is one of those things that’s hard to control! We appreciate your suggestion about a larger … Show more
Reviewed: 19 May 2025 · Stayed in May 2025
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Washrooms
Thank you for staying with us! We hope you visit us again soon. :)
Reviewed: 15 May 2025 · Stayed in May 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 18 February 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewI loved the wilderness vibe of it, and that it was very warm and had a fully equipped kitchen, as well as water, kettles, functioning stove, sauna, and plenty of space in living and main areas.
I liked everything, it would be nice if the beds had a curtain like some hostels for added privacy, but other than that, I enjoyed it a lot.
Thank you so much for sharing your amazing experience, Afnan! Glad the Wilderness vibe suited you! Welcome back any time! Happy travels, Janice (HI Canada)
Reviewed: 7 January 2025 · Stayed in December 2024
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Verified reviewReviewed: 30 December 2024 · Stayed in December 2024
Verified reviewThe location is very good and we liked the vibe. This is a facility aimed at active people that don't care about luxury. All the necessary aids and tools are available for your comfort.
Our neighbours had some parenting problems over their children. This is not a place for being loud or disrespectful to the instructions given by the property manager.
Thanks for your feedback, Remy. We are glad you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again one day!
Reviewed: 27 December 2024 · Stayed in December 2024
Verified reviewReviewed: 24 December 2024 · Stayed in December 2024
Verified reviewThanks Mario for your feedback!
Reviewed: 9 December 2024 · Stayed in December 2024
Verified reviewThe feel of wilderness, views and everything is easily accesible
The fire alarms, they go off just if you boil water
Thanks Joanna for your feedback!
Reviewed: 9 October 2024 · Stayed in September 2024
Verified reviewClean, comfortable, warm rooms and common area. Well stocked kitchen, sauna was fun. Not nearly as wilderness as might be expected, even an hour of wifi per night if the sun was good enough to charge the solar battery. Good location for some hikes in the area.
No complaints, except some of the dorm beds are a bit short even for a regular height person like me.
We hope to see you again soon!
Reviewed: 5 October 2024 · Stayed in October 2024
Verified reviewLars, the manager is nice and helpful. We stayed in the cabin which has two family rooms and a shared kitchen. There is lighting in the form of LED lights and USB charging ports (solar-powered); and potable water from a well (filtered and tested daily). The refrigerator and oven/stove are gas-powered. No electricity so no microwave. No cell reception so no data coverage but there was WiFi access provided for an hour each night from 830-930pm. The sauna was a nice addition especially on cold nights. There is a creek by the property and on the other side is a public campground. Toilets are in an outhouse and are clean.
No showers but we only stayed one night so that wasn't a big deal.
Thanks, Steven. Lars is a great guy! Thanks for the feedback!
Reviewed: 4 October 2024 · Stayed in October 2024
Verified reviewA perfect place to connect with nature. Lars, the hostel staff is a very nice person. I lost my phone for a few hours and he helped us find it.
Thanks, Selma. We hope to see you again soon!
Reviewed: 30 August 2024 · Stayed in June 2024
Verified reviewCheap and accessible hostel with a good kitchen and communal fire. Beautiful surrounds and friendly staff.
Hostel style room with bunks were a little challenging to get up into and out of quietly.
Reviewed: 28 August 2024 · Stayed in August 2024
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Toilets in separate building, no lights at night. Thought th was no running water, but cabin had a kitchen, which we hadn't prepared for. Signs to poor, went to campsite in error, and took wrong road in parking place. We were not the only ones!
Reviewed: 22 July 2024 · Stayed in June 2024
Verified reviewReviewed: 4 July 2024 · Stayed in June 2024
Verified reviewManager was very nice.
Wifi was supposedly on for an hour at night, but this was spotty. One Chinese contingent was very loud and turned up heat in cabin to 30.
Thanks for your feedback Walter. We hope you come back soon.