Canadian Rockies Day 12 - Lake Louise

We had an abbreviated hike today, only 2.5 miles along the paved path around Lake Louise.  The weather was cloudy so we didn't get the iconic photo of the blue-green lake with the glacier-covered mountains in the background and blue sky above.  We weren't sure we were up to the hike up the valley of six glaciers and when it started raining we decided to turn back.




Lake Louise is the only stop on the trip where I wish I had a "remove Japanese tourist" button on my photoshop software.  The place was really crowded.  But you didn't have to go very far up the trail to lose most of the people.  Still, we've decided that if we come to the Canadian Rockies again, we will probably skip Lake Louise.  If we want to hike there, we can drive over from Moraine Lake, as long as we are there by 9 AM so there is still parking available.