Hi again, Sue, I began reading your posts and I became lost in the beauty of the photos and the interesting articles. I have subscribed to your blog. I have lived in British Columbia most of my life and for a few years in the Yukon Territory. The last 28 years on Vancouver Island.
We love to camp and explore and I look forward to reading more of your gems. I am glad our paths crossed. Erica that is very kind of you. You are surrounded by so much beauty as well! Vancouver Island really is a Canadian gem. Any of our visits have been incredible, with perhaps hiking the West coast Trail at the top of the list.
That was long before we began blogging but what special memories. Exhausting ones I will admit. Really enjoyed your explanations and descriptions of glacial lakes, Sue, and comparing it to a recipe was a clever analogy. The photos are wonderful and do a fantastic job of highlighting the awesome colors, as well as the flowing rock flour. The photo of you and Dave is so wonderful, you both look so healthy and happy.
Many thanks for this wonderful post. I appreciate your generous feedback Jet. Perhaps that and having more time to putter in the kitchen these days. Thankfully we are well and although a global pandemic whirls about us, our own small world is quite relaxing. Definitely no rushing madly to catch planes. Hoping you and Athena are doing well and that your healing and recovery are progressing.
Beautifully added to the list of things I did not know. Thank you! Happy to share the information with you Jo. Always beautiful to showcase our natural turquoise lakes, Sue. They are such natural beauties. No matter how often I see them I find it mesmerizing. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Notify me of follow-up comments by email.
Notify me of new posts by email. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. August 21, Written by Sue Slaght. Bow Lake — Banff National Park. Moraine Lake. Grassi Lakes Canmore Alberta. Alberta Geology , glacier. August 21, - am. Thanks for the interesting information and the beautiful pictures.
Sue Slaght Author. A pleasure Pit. We are grateful to live near these beauties, especially now. August 21, - pm. Thank you John! We always appreciate your kind words and feedback. You stay cool and safe. Thank you Paul. These lakes are far less crowded this summer with no international visitors. Darlene Foster. August 28, - am. I was thinking the same thing. August 28, - pm. Very Informative.
I never knew what made the lakes vibrant blues. All different shades. Jayne Boyer. Gilda Baxter. August 22, - am. August 23, - pm. August 22, - pm. John and Susan. Happy to share our mountain beauty. Yes lots of fresh air out there. Green Global Trek. August 23, - am. Thank you Kirt for the lovely feedback. These lakes make for some stunning photo opportunities.
August 24, - pm. August 26, - am. Diane Henders. August 26, - pm. August 30, - am. The Eternal Traveller. August 27, - pm. Especially in the summer and winter months, which is when the lake is at its prettiest. To avoid crowds at Lake Louise you can visit in the off-season months or at off-peak times in the summer months.
That means before sunrise and in the evenings on weekdays. Lake Louise typically freezes around the first week of November, and will remain that way until the end of May. The ice on Lake Louise usually melts the first week of June. This is season-dependent, so it has occasionally thawed earlier and a little later. Lake Louise usually begins to freeze in November. The month of October usually brings heavy snowfall in the area, and the Lake Louise Ski Resort usually opens up the first week of November around the same time the lake freezes.
The only thing that is prohibited is sleeping in the parking lot overnight. The demand to see the lake by almost every visitor to the park on a narrow mountain road with a limited parking lot means the lot fills up by 8 am on most days in the summer.
Although on peak summer days even this can fill up and you might be looking for other plans. As it gets late in the evening, the crowds do thin out and you can usually get a parking spot xin the evenings when everyone else is having dinner. You have a few options for parking at Lake Louise, but there are really two viable options for most visitors.
Many of the other hotels in the village do offer a shuttle, or you can take advantage of the public shuttle bus for those staying at the Lake Louise Campground.
New in , Paid parking will be in effect for Lake Louise from 7am-7pm between mid-May and mid-October. You cannot park overnight at Lake Louise lakeshore. Also new in is the need for a reservation if you intend to ride the shuttle to Lake Louise from the Lake Louise Park and Ride. Reservations open on April 28, , on the Parks Canada website. Once at the Lake Louise Lakeshore, you can connect between Lake Louise and Moraine Lake on a first-come, first-serve basis via the Lake Connector shuttle free with shuttle reservation ; they run every 15 minutes.
There will also be a portion of seats released on a rolling basis for the Lake Louise shuttle, 48 hours prior to departure day at 8 am MST starting on May 12th, There is likely no place more quintessential to rent a canoe in Banff than Lake Louise.
There is no need for fancy edits on your photographs the water in Lake Louise, like Moraine Lake, is truly that radiant turquoise blue. Visitors can bring their own personal watercraft to any of the lakes or rivers within Banff National Park.
The tricky part with Lake Louise is acquiring a parking spot and then launching from the lakeshore in the crowds, but it can be done if you time it correctly! Of course, you can get inflatable SUPs which would make it easier. These are some recommended hikes around Lake Louise. The Fairview Lookout trail is a short, sweet hike that provides excellent views over Lake Louise from some elevation. An excellent platform also provides views back out to the impressive and historic Chateau Lake Louise Hotel.
It ends at the Lake Agnes Teahouse, serving visitors since , when it first opened. A rustic old cabin that sits along the banks of Lake Agnes and over a rushing waterfall. Its popularity is perhaps its only downfall as the teahouse can attract a crowd in the summer months with a line out the door.
Never the less it is a classic and ends at the lovely Lake Agnes, the perfect spot for lunch. This is an easy to moderate hike above Lake Louise that is suitable for all visitors to Banff. This easy hike can be done in under two hours and is an iconic thing to do in Banff. However, be warned it is a busy one! To escape the crowds and get better views , keep climbing to the Big or Little Beehive.
This incredible hike starts out strong with a walk along Lake Louise and finishes in an open plain of glaciers. To sweeten the deal, the historic Plain of Six Glaciers teahouse is there to reward hikers with a cup of tea or a fresh-baked goodie. At one point, this massive valley was the convergence of six glaciers that have all since retreated due to warming temperatures. All that is left now is the monstrous debris field that will leave hikers in all of their earth-shaping capability.
From Lake Agnes, you have two popular additions to continue your hike and gain some of the best views of Lake Louise from above. That being said, the Little Beehive is slightly easier. The real difference lies in how busy and the view from these two hikes. The trail to the Big Beehive extends past Lake Agnes and then climbs a ridge through a series of switchbacks to reach the top of the Big Beehive.
The trail follows along the Little Beehive trail until it veers off m from the summit of the Little Beehive. You follow a signed path through the thinning forest until you reach the alpine out of the tree line. You also get to claim you summited another peak in the Canadian Rockies.
This is a really great day out in the mountains for active hikers and a real gem in the Lake Louise area. It gets cold on the mount summits all year round. When we summited in August, it was freezing at elevation. The couple's study has measured how lakes are losing their "turbidity," the cloudiness caused by the concentration of that glacier-created silt.
Less silt makes the lakes more transparent. The current "almost psychedelic" opaque turquoise blue-green colour of these lakes will shift to a richer, deeper blue as the water is clearer with fewer particles, she said.
In , a photo shows an emerald lake. In , that same lake looks to be a more transparent sapphire blue. That lake is losing turbidity by roughly The changes are expected to become more dramatic as time goes on, Fischer said. A study predicted 80 per cent of mountain glaciers in Western Canada will disappear in the next 50 years. Those glaciers directly feed the lakes in her study, she said. For their study, Fischer and Olson compared eight glacial-fed lakes with nine non-glacial fed lakes. The ones fed by glaciers have shown statistically significant decreases in turbidity and increases in transparency, Fischer said.
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