Moraine Lake Lodge
2 reviews for Moraine Lake Lodge
2 reviews in English
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Review from Eric B.
6/6/2011
Moraine Lake is a glacially-fed lake 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) outside the Village of Lake Louise. It is situated in the Valley of the Ten Peaks, at an elevation of approximately 6,183 feet. The lake (when full) reflects a distinct shade of blue. The colour is due to the refraction of light off the rock flour deposited in the lake on a continual basis.
I've only been here in the fall and didn't find it too crowded and otherwise over loved. The Lodge itself was also more peaceful (and just before its early October seasonal closing) and is a nice place to stay, have a meal, or just relax a bit.
The area around the lake has several walking/hiking trails which are, from time to time, restricted because of grizzly bear activity. Parks Canada provides the updated trail conditions and/or restrictions. The easiest (and most common) tourist route is the Rockpile Trail along the actual moraine. It's short and easy and arguably provides the most photographed scene in Canada. That view of the mountains behind the lake in Valley of the Ten Peaks is known as the Twenty Dollar View, as Moraine Lake was featured on the reverse side of the 1969 and 1979 issues of the Canadian twenty dollar bill. -
Review from steve t.
1/25/2009
Comfortable and on the new side, this is a nice lodge in a spectacular setting. Located in the Valley of the Ten Peaks, Moraine lake is one of the most scenic lakes in the world. I suppose that it would be too much to ask that it was still a secret to the extent that it was when my parents honeymooned here. Then they were the only people there in the campground and the "bathroom" was a bush. There are now literally thousands of tourists a day here, and it has started to get the feel of Lake Louise, where I never even bother going anymore. One of the main trails, heading to Sentinal pass and over into Paradise Valley has so much traffic now that the first part of it (a couple km maybe?) is paved. Paved, as in covered in cement! The lodge doesnt have the character the cabins that preceded it did, and the throngs of tourists it facilitates are loving this place to death. It used to be that every trail and campsite in the Canadian Rockies was immaculate. Now, some of them look like garbage dumps.
