Lake Louise Webcam

See the lakeshore and famous view right now.

Lake Louise Weather

There is no official weather forecast for Lake Louise (the Weather Network one is a fiction). Your best choice is Environment Canada’s Yoho National Park forecast – just make it one or two degrees cooler.

Banff Lake Louise Tourism

The main tourism site for this area.

The Field and Yoho National Park Guide

A beautiful site about Yoho. The main town, Field, is only 20 minutes from Lake Louise.

These are the official national park websites, which include trail reports, maps, shuttle information and more:

•  Banff National Park
•  Yoho National Park
•  Kootenay National Park
•  Jasper National Park

Buy your national park entry pass ahead of time online at this webpage.

RMV Visitor Maps

These are the best free maps of the area. You can get hard copies of them almost everywhere here, including the one for Banff / Lake Louise.

Gem Trek Maps

Gemtrek has a series of driving maps, but more importantly, the best topographic hiking maps for this area. They can easily be purchased locally once you arrive, including two specific to Lake Louise:

•  Best of Lake Louise
•  Lake Louise & Yoho

Use this interactive Googlemap to see where things are located and to get an overview of the hotels in the area. Notice that there are some hotels between Banff and Lake Louise: Baker Creek Mountain Resort (10 min from Lake Louise), Storm Mountain Lodge (30 minutes from each town) and Castle Mountain Chalets (20 minutes from each).

This webpage lists most of the hotels in Lake Louise itself and at Moraine Lake (20 minutes away). It is, however, missing Paradise Lodge as well as our youth hostel.

See our Interpretve Shows!

During the summer, I do evening interpretive shows at the Lodge at Bow Lake and Moraine Lake Lodge

Banff Lake Louise Tourism

This site lists almost all possible accommodation in Banff town, including hostels and B&Bs. It is less useful for Lake Louise – see above.

Recommended and Unique

We have friends who own a small lodge in Banff.

Becky and Lee O’Donnell own Banff Boutique Inn.

Field and Yoho National Park

Yoho has a range of accommodation from hostels to luxury hotels, including many “home accommodations” that are often small suites with kitchens. The main town, Field, is only 20 minutes from Lake Louise.

Canmore, AB & Golden, BC

These two locations are each about a one hour drive from Lake Louise. When things are full in the national parks, they can provide another place to look. They also provide less expensive options. Each is developing its own tourism offering, which means even more things to see and do.

• Tourism Canmore
• Tourism Golden