Day 19: Lake Louise

Drove over an hour to Lake Louise which is one of the popular tourist attraction in Banff. Our initial plan was to book and take the bus but on checking this morning all slots had been taken. So we decided to risk it and drive down with fingers crossed on finding parking but alas the parking lot was full on getting there. We had to drive around until we found a paid parking off the main road in a woody area. Parking was quite expensive at CAD 42 and ended at 7pm.

Walk down to tge lake from the parking spot was about 20mins.

Lake Louise is very beautiful. Surrounding by snow capped mountains. The lake was in the process of thawing, some parts were still frozen while some ice was floating.

There are several trails leading off from and around the lake. I did the lakeshore 2.1km trail which was on a flat gradient while the girls wanted the Lake Amber trail a 3.5km trail. I wasn't cut out for any stressful hike today so we split up. However on Googling their trail there was a warning of unpredictable avalanche from melting snow and going on the trail was strongly discouraged so I told the girls to discontinue their hike and return.Read more