Lake Louise - Bus or shuttles?
As part of a longer trip, we plan to take a week or so in the Canadian Rockies this summer. We've been there before but not in the RV. This time we'll be in our 30 foot class C, without a toad. Wh...
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Mountaineer42 wrote:He may be thinking of Peyto Lake on the Icefields Parkway (the really bright turquoise one in the valley below the overlook). It is a LONG climb up the trail from the small parking lot to the overlook. And there is very limited RV parking (ask me how I know). The tour buses just head to the top and their passengers have a level walk to the overlook, but no such luck for RVers.
Are you sure you are thinking of the right lake? Moraine Lake has limited parking, especially in the peak summer months. That's why they run shuttle buses and restrict vehicle traffic during peak times. Also, from the parking lot, it is a short >100 yd walk, mostly flat, to the actual lake.
The big RV/bus lot at the Chateau Lake Louise was nearly empty when we were there in 2013. But then my wife likes "golden-hour" photography, so we got there about 6:30 am! That day was bright sunshine and blue skies, so every view and photo was gorgeous.
However, even with the summer sun out, it isn't all that warm that time of the morning. A photographer was there with a young woman in a strapless wedding gown and her wedding party in tuxes trying to get photos of them along the lakeshore before the crowd arrived. But they kept having to stop and put a coat on her!
