After visiting Lake Louise, you can’t move on without going to it’s sister lake, Moraine Lake. As, or maybe even more beautiful, this lake in the Valley of the Ten Peaks is used in many famous background images, like on the back of a twenty dollar bill in the 70s. At 14 km from Lake Louise town, the road towards this gem splits of Lake Louise drive. At the lake there are several trails next to a canoe rental and a lodge where we advise you to take a paddling tour across the lake.

A  nice short warmup is to take the Rock Pile trail along the lakeshore, a mere 300 meters. The view across the lake at the end and top of Rock Pile is one of the most photographed places in Canada, the so called twenty dollar view. If you want to see more after this, the Consolation Lake trail is a good extra with 2.9 km. It gives wonderful views of high alpine meadows and the Quadra Glacier. Another nice option is to rent a canoe and paddle round the lake.

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Bring your hikingshoes and a bottle of drinking water.