Lake Louise

Lake Louise Ski Resort

Big terrain, all levels. About 2 hr from downtown.

Vertical and terrain are from each hill’s official stats page, checked October 20, 2026, unless marked approximate. Drive times are approximate. The official snow report is the record. Vertical, acres and terrain split from skilouise.com mountain stats. Drive about 2 hours per skilouise.com. Opening per skibig3.com.

Lake Louise Ski Resort — Photo by Axel Pettersson, CC BY-SA 4.0 licence

The hill

Drive from downtown (approx.)2 hr

KindDownhill

Vertical991 m vertical

Terrain4,200 acres. 25% beginner, 45% intermediate, 30% advanced. Greens from the top and big back bowls.

Good forBig terrain, all levels

Park passParks Canada pass

Passes that workSkiBig3, Ikon (7 shared days), Ikon Base (5 shared days), Mountain Collective (2 days), Lake Louise Plus+Card

Night skiingNot filed

Bus from CalgaryLake Louise Ski Bus in season

2026-27 opening. November 6, tentative. The season runs to May 2, 2027. Dates move with the snow, so check the hill’s page.

Snow and roads

The official report is the record. We read it once a night, copy the numbers and link it. We never forecast it.

Official snow reportLake Louise snow report

Road report511 Alberta

Weather near the hillPartly cloudy, 1°C, feels like -3°C, about 0 cm of snow in the next 3 daysOpen-Meteo weather model. Not a snow report.

Last checked by usOctober 20, 2026, against the official page

Official site

Calgarians who’ve been here

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Before and after the hill

Sports Rent Skis, boards and boots to rent for the day or the season, on sportsrent.ca. Every other shop is on our gear page. Gear and rentals
Après-ski Wings, ramen and a warm patio on the way back into town, on calgarymenu.com.

Ski-day reports

Dated two-line reports from Calgarians, labelled as member reports. None yet for this hill.

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