Alberta Parks has extended the camping season in three parks as officials report a seventh year of record-breaking reservation numbers.

As a result, they’re extending the season to three provincial campgrounds until Halloween as part of a pilot program.

Campgrounds in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park southwest of Medicine Hat, Saskatoon Island Provincial Park west of Grande Prairie and Cold Lake Provincial Park will all be open until October 31st.

The pilot program also saw Crimson Lake Provincial Park campground, northwest of Rocky Mountain House, open two weeks earlier on April 15th.

The pilot program will be evaluated once complete and decisions on extending the camping season to other parks next season will be made.

It’s the first time an extended pilot program has ever been promoted in Alberta.

Officials say reservations over the same time period in 2015 are up 10 per cent year over year.

Comfort camping is also growing in popularity with an almost 25 per cent increase in reservations compared to what they saw in 2015.

It’s basically when the park provides you the shelter and a range of amenities including beds, cutlery, fridges and stoves.

This year comfort camping sites have been added to Wyndham-Carseland, Miquelon Lake and Pigeon Lake provincial parks.