valhalla360 wrote:
StirCrazy wrote:
if it was me, I would stay in Banff for a night or two instead of Lake Louise. there is a bus that you can catch from banff to take you out to lake Louise, and you can spend the day there then take the bus back. This way you can see both banff and lake Louise. if you have the time there are several cheap campgrounds that do not take reservations along the Icefields parkway between banff and jasper that you can do several hikes from.
Check the rules for Lake Louise. We were there in May and you could just drive up and park. No need to mess about with the bus. I wouldn't be surprised if you experience the same thing late September.
it might not be that busy by then, at the end of September last year when we were out there it was still a huge wait for parking and as of this may they have brought in paid parking which is 21 bucks a day from mid-May to Mid-October. They also eliminated parking at a few other lakes like moraine and another lake this spring. It seems to be a campaign against bringing autos to the site which ya I agree with in some ways as long as you have a reliable bus system to take people places and Banff does now since 2018. if you are staying at the tunnel Mountain site the bus into town is free, back its 2 bucks. you can pay 5 bucks to get out to lake Louise or into canmore, it actualy worked so good I see Jasper is looking at starting a buss system now.
