Lake Louise Reviews: 4.40/5 from 350+ Verified Skiers | Snomad
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Lake Louise Reviews & Ratings

How Skiers Rate Lake Louise

Overall Rating
4.40
Value for Money
4.13
Quiet Slopes
3.97
Après-Ski
3.62
Accommodation Options
3.80
Family Friendliness
4.57
Groomed Runs
4.49
Powder Zones
4.18
Tree Runs
4.10
Mogul Fields
3.81
Off-Piste
4.38
Snow Parks
4.11
Lift Efficiency
4.50
Eating Out
3.84
Ski School Quality
4.45
Beginners
4.41
Intermediates
4.41
Advanced
4.41
Experts
4.38
Snowboarders
4.36

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What Skiers Say About Lake Louise

Lake Louise attracts predominantly intermediate to expert skiers and snowboarders who consistently praise the resort's extensive terrain, including back bowls, tree runs, and varied difficulty levels. Reviews frequently mention excellent powder quality, minimal lift queues, spectacular mountain views, and efficient lift systems including recent upgrades. Negative feedback centres on inconsistent snow conditions with runs becoming icy between storms, expensive food and limited dining options, cold temperatures, parking difficulties especially on weekends, and a subdued après-ski atmosphere compared to European resorts. Several users note the resort works well for mixed-ability groups due to its terrain variety.

AI-generated summary based on verified skier reviews

  • terrain variety
  • powder quality
  • minimal lift queues
  • mountain views
  • lift infrastructure
  • back bowl skiing
  • icy conditions
  • food prices
  • parking availability
  • limited après-ski
  • cold temperatures
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Bus journey from banff is fairly long but the views are nice and its a good way to see the wider area. Unless Canadian national holidays, no queues for lifts!
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Great mountain with great facilities. Not the biggest mountain with the longest runs, but very nice and tons of fun! Lift tickets and food are quite expensive
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This resort is great for beginners and for advanced skiers or snowboarders. Lots of slops. Very busy sometimes. Better to be there in the middle of the week.
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Lake Louise ski resort has never let me down. I spend most of my time on the backside because I find the front to be icy most days. But the backside is always much better and all the best runs are back there. No matter what your style is they have a bit of everything there because there is 4200 acres of terrain and expanding in the next few years.
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Fantastic expert terrain. Find a local and learn their secret stashes.
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Good price, good terrain, too much traffic, very skiied out
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Lake Louise is one of the largest (by area) ski resorts in Canada. They have terrific off piste chute skiing if you know where you are going. And good long cruisers if you like that aspect. No onhill accommodation and the only congestion is usually around the parking lots. The hill is well serviced with lifts in strategically located places. Dependable snow almost all the time.
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My son and I love Lake Louise and we go at least a couple times a year. We love the different ranges in slopes from green to black
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Went with my friend who is a little less experienced than I, but we still managed to have a wonderful time. Snow was great, drinks were great, food was great. Plenty of awesome people and awesome runs/features. 10/10 would go again 100%
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Louise has been my go-to hill these past couple of years, incredibly large hill with an insane diversity of runs and terrain, the food and concessions are also surprisingly cheap for a ski hill, well worth your money!
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Lake Louise offers visitors a fantastic winter experience with consistently great views, and tons of terrain to choose from. For more experienced skiers, it is hard to beat Lake Louises back bowls that offer anything from wide open slopes with consistent fall lines to very steep and narrow gullies to challenge even the most experienced skiers and boarders. Sitting at fairly high elevation in the Bow Valley, the area is known to get bitter cold weather on occasion but the locals know how to bundle up and enjoy themselves anyways. Additionally, most of the resorts best terrain is above the tree line which can make for difficult visibility in overcast conditions. Comparing the resort to nearby ones on the BC side of the great divide, Lake Louise unfortunately does not get as much snow and tree skiing is often better at those other resorts.

Overall, Lake Louise is a fantastic ski resort with phenomenal views and some of the best in-bounds terrain in the country for visitors to explore.
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second year in and lake continues to impress. from quality conditions to beautiful sights.
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Lake louise is an absolutely amazing ski resort! My family has been buying seasons passes there for a while now and we love everything about it! LL is great!!!
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Skied early in the season, so the snow was a bit thin in places, but otherwise a great resort! Lots of long runs on the front side and some more challenging ones on the back of the mountain. Favourite thing to do was to take the gondola up so I had a chance to warm up!
Generally not too busy other than the rush at lift opening time on weekends.
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Well I only skied at this Resort once, I did find some interesting terrain. I find the quiet train the best place to really get going and be able to do some pretty good stunts. Although the train with the trees seems to be challenging as well. Overall this Resort seems very safe and has some great accommodations. With the size of the resort I was very surprised about easy it was to get to everywhere, food-wise, ski lift wise in the areas that I wanted to explore.
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Amazing views, just wish there were a bit less people. Overall amazing time times though. 10/10 definitely going again
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Lake Louise has terrain for very skill level. Heaps of variety as well. The lodges are beautiful, and the menus are delish.
The terrain features are getting better and really good progressionally whether youre just starting or looking for some big features.
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