One of the most favorite places to visit in the Rocky Mountains is without doubt Lake Louise. The small town is equiped with several comfortable accomodations and a modest shoppingmall. Eyecatcher of course is the beautiful Lake Louise, with at its shore the magisterial Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise.

After a 4,5 km drive (or 2.5 km hike) up hill to the Lake, it is a great starting point for an amazing hike along the lake, up to Lake Agnes with it’s historic tea house. After a stop at the Beehive, wich is an awesome viewpoint across the lake and the valley as a whole, descend on the Lake Louise side of the mountain towards one of the Rocky Mountains most scenic trails, the Plain of Six Glaciers. Here you can hike up to another historic tea house after wich it is another 1 km to the high viewpoint of Abbot Pass.

Usefull information
Bring you hiking shoes and bottle of drinking water to the Lake.
The Lake Agnes Teahouse trail takes about 3 hours, the Plain of Six Glaciers is another 3-4 hours. Combining the two takes about 6-7 hours.
When you might have time left here, across highway 1 is the Lake Louise ski resort where you can take the gondola up the mountain and strawl the lush slopes.