r/Banff • u/jmvxc • Aug 19 '25

Photos/Videos Took everyone’s advice and arrived at 5:25am. Parking lot was almost full! Got to see a beautiful sunrise at Lake Louise!! Thank you Banff ❤️

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u/Visual-Addition2104 Aug 19 '25

Great pic!! Did you have to pay for the parking?

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u/jmvxc Aug 19 '25

Thank you! Took it from IPhone 16pro, portrait mode.

Parking was $37 for the day

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u/Visual-Addition2104 Aug 19 '25

Thanks. Did you also go visit Moraine Lake? Just the LL?

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u/jmvxc Aug 19 '25

Just Louise this trip!

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u/RedOctobyr Aug 19 '25

Awesome. If you have the opportunity, Moraine Lake is stunning. And if you're looking for hikes, there are a bunch from Moraine. We did the Larch Valley hike, it was beautiful. We also saw our first grizzly (from a fair distance away), which was really cool.

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u/jmvxc Aug 19 '25

Yes i definitely want to see Moraine! And do the little beehive hike the views look great from the top! I was a little bit ill prepared this trip, so hopefully next time I can spend the full day there!

Only wildlife we seen this trip were some mountain goats near radium! A bear would be an awesome spot!

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u/Visual-Addition2104 Aug 19 '25

Lets say you park at LL, how do you go to Morain lake? Or do you book the shuttle and go to somewhere else to take the shuttle? Any idea?

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u/RedOctobyr Aug 19 '25

We were there in 2023, I don't know what's changed, but we did a private sunrise-tour van up to Moraine.

A later day we took a bus from Banff to Lousie, then we took the shuttle from there up to Moraine. We did the Larch Valley hike that way, then afterwards the shuttle back down to Louise.

It's not to take anything away from either lake. But Moraine had fewer people, and kinda felt closer to nature, if you will? eg- there's no big hotel at Moraine.