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Backcountry Scanning Cancellation App!

For anyone who saw my earlier post, here’s a more practical look at Scree Alerts.

It’s a tool I’m building to monitor backcountry campsite availability across places like Parks Canada and BC Parks. The idea is simple: instead of manually checking over and over, it scans for openings and gives you the official link so you can book yourself.

I made this quick video to show the backend working, since a few people were curious/skeptical.

I’m putting together a beta testing cohort now. Waitlist is here:

[https://screealerts.com/waitlist](https://screealerts.com/waitlist)

Drop any questions below.

u/codytigergray1 — 14 days ago
▲ 45 r/Banff

A few video frames from last nights overnight trip to Lake Ohara for the official opening! :)

u/codytigergray1 — 16 days ago
▲ 0 r/Banff

Building a local backcountry campsite scanning tool!

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Last year I moved to Banff from Australia and wasn’t aware of how insanely popular the backcountry booking system was here and was pretty bummed to find out the entire season booked out in a matter of hours. A friend showed me Schnerp, which is a subscription based tool that scans for cancellations. I signed up and managed to snag a few bookings through that.

Earlier this year I thought I would try to build my own version of it for some of the spots I wanted to try and get.

After a few months of tinkering, I finally managed to get it working & it exceeded my expectations (it’s currently capable of scanning the entire summer period at 4x the speed of Schnerp and any of the other current competitors)

When a spot opens, it pings me with the exact campground, date, and the official booking link.

First morning I ran it properly I managed to snag 5 bookings at Lake O'Hara and have had nearly 100 cancellation notices from other campsites I was monitoring.

I’ve recently shared it with a few friends and across socials & have decided to open an early access beta testing group to see if it’s capable of being used for a larger audience. I’ve put together a public waitlist for anyone interested, which you can find here: screealerts.com

Would be awesome to get it to a point I can post it publicly!

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u/codytigergray1 — 19 days ago
▲ 2 r/Banff

Schnerp/Campnab Backcountry Scanner Alternative

Hey everyone, I’ve been building a little tool for checking backcountry camping reservation availability, kind of similar to Shnerp.

It’s now at the point where it can scan the full summer for a chosen campsite, and I’m working on a continuous scan feature so it can keep checking for new openings.

Right now it runs locally on your computer, so it’s not quite plug-and-play yet. It would probably suit someone who is fairly comfortable with tech.

It would also be awesome if anyone with basic coding or live-coding experience was interested in helping out, stress-testing it, or suggesting improvements.

I’m going to keep improving it and would like to make it free and easy to use once it’s more stable.

Message me if you’re interested.

u/codytigergray1 — 21 days ago
▲ 134 r/Banff

Lovely to see Lake Louise thawed out and back to that beautiful shade of blue!

u/codytigergray1 — 23 days ago
▲ 617 r/Banff

This one was definitely worth the 1:30am wake up! Can you guess the hike?

u/codytigergray1 — 23 days ago
▲ 587 r/Banff

A few of my favourite phone captures from the past few months living in Banff! (except for the last one) Stoked it’s finally hiking season again , time to dust the camera off ⛰️

u/codytigergray1 — 30 days ago
▲ 3 r/Canmore+2 crossposts

I built a Banff day planner / local utility site and could use some honest feedback

I’ve been working on a Banff-focused day planner and local utility site as a bit of a passion project, and it’s finally at the point where I’m fairly happy with how it’s working.

The idea is to help people plan a day in Banff without jumping between a bunch of different sites.

It has:

- day planning ideas

- weather-aware suggestions

- local food and deals

- hikes and activities

- trail / road / alert-style info

- route-style planning

- useful local sections for both visitors and locals

It’s still a work in progress, and because the site has become pretty large, it’s hard for me to properly review every section myself.

I’d love some honest feedback:

  1. What feels useful?

  2. What feels confusing?

  3. What’s missing?

  4. What would make it genuinely useful for locals?

  5. Did you notice any broken pages, wrong info, or weird mobile issues?

I’m not trying to spam the sub. I’m mainly looking for useful feedback before I keep building it out.

banff.tips
u/codytigergray1 — 1 month ago
▲ 3 r/design_critiques+1 crossposts

Looking for feedback on a Banff travel site before I launch it properly

I’ve been working on this Banff travel/utility site for the past couple of weeks:
https://www.banff.tips/

It started as a pretty simple idea, then I got a bit carried away with it and it’s grown into more of a guide for people arriving in Banff who want to plan their day or week, find useful local-style tips, see what’s worth checking out, places to eat, things to do, etc.

It’s still a bit rough and I’m actively changing a lot of it. I’m also in the middle of changing the name/domain, so I’m not too worried about the branding just yet.

Main thing I’m trying to work out is whether I’ve made it too heavy, or if I should simplify it for the first proper version and add more sections later.

Would love any honest feedback on the design, layout, mobile experience, clarity, or anything that feels confusing.

u/codytigergray1 — 2 months ago
▲ 2 r/lovable

https://preview--banff-now.lovable.app/?__lovable_token=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoiTzZpQllLTEd2NGNNMEtvcmtqS3h5YnUzYkpsMiIsInByb2plY3RfaWQiOiI3ZjM0ZGE3Ny1iMjlhLTQ0NDktODlkMy01Yjg0Yjg2OTI1YzIiLCJhY2Nlc3NfdHlwZSI6InByb2plY3QiLCJpc3MiOiJsb3ZhYmxlLWFwaSIsInN1YiI6IjdmMzRkYTc3LWIyOWEtNDQ0OS04OWQzLTViODRiODY5MjVjMiIsImF1ZCI6WyJsb3ZhYmxlLWFwcCJdLCJleHAiOjE3NzgyMTQ2MTgsIm5iZiI6MTc3NzYwOTgxOCwiaWF0IjoxNzc3NjA5ODE4fQ.pDwRIxPNmHbKmKdIN8YiLO8k2mF-bqPMf69BeGY0B3pIXcBATtK02G6WeGKKlILPxV0Cf2jz5pZ5Vs3BM0TXQMTJnHfRJDIInWsINh6ExSfB9VOQPV5S1nFHxSwB0cSP6vnRbRG2d9DTYm5y0JYW88YGskGW-jhS5odyByYQKjIRgTi333bKmubapwEwPZIkTUenmnhtYhQWfORzL-KdRr6KpFuNq01UZyJwDNYJrw_X7i1TdrWRj-2zWKtdk12PuFwOTMB5Cxf9APtPylarMZ4iKqiUvqQb5xud2hZ2I0-IAgIcFvDvopKezvSTJrL8oST_wLhqO2NcBPWnUKf-a-4kBT9AEkql2qGWKZAl1ejrIIkFNXwHT9PibR96jRBykY5cMrn0jtW-XXjAIijjagHsAENiNbptevK8Ml9DqOGlkMVcVR8YIP7rZfcn8D94KjkaLjEGjH0Ennl_vQScQva-slZFbjq9R3PEZ-oWXLWXNGfV1YcnP8s5le-QVN7ZS6ciELRHmFIJ6N75mJBVE7uL9wSvH8_UvyCJHbQiSugg1ku3iWZj54apn3Wt8OQE1nEVRXF1tXDMJg2oqcLNTuhZITiCmDC1Y1znrExb9LdgZnOd1ZDlw8u7bvcxGeAqwW3Fi3VsL0GdAM6p-B7H9nj_bbG7BMBIL0_mGEZMQjo

Hey everyone,

I’ve been playing around with Lovable for about a week now and ended up going a bit adhd and started building a local info website for the town I live in.

It started because I found an older local deals/info site online that had useful information, but it felt scattered and a bit hard to use. I figured it could be interesting to make something cleaner that brings local deals, food spots, hikes, events, guides, and useful town info into one place.

It’s still early, but I’ve spent a fair bit of time building it out with Lovable and Codex, cleaning up the structure, fixing the design, adding local info, and trying to make it more useful rather than just another generic AI-built site.

I’d love any feedback from people here who know Lovable well.

Mainly looking for:

- Anything obvious I should fix in the design, structure, UX, or code

- Better ways to organise the content

- Mistakes I might be making as a newer Lovable user

- Tips for working between Lovable, GitHub, and Codex

- Any tricks for not burning through credits too quickly

I’m still learning the best workflow, so any honest advice would be appreciated.

u/codytigergray1 — 2 months ago