Walk Lake Louise’s glacier valley masterpiece🧊🏔️

Plain of Six Glaciers is an awesome hike to take people on - especially people that like geology, nature and rocks lol. It starts easy, along the shore of Lake Louise… past some straight up vertical cliffs, then turns into a proper mountain adventure with glaciers looming above you. It's pretty wild to get up and close to them. The sad thing is how quickly they are melting. I feel privileged to be able to see them at the time we can now. In another 30 odd years, they will be nothing.

I did this trail with my dad once and we ran into the cutest little porcupine, waddling across the trail like it owned the place lol. We gave it space, it disappeared into the bushes, and we kept going with big smiles🦔

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🏔️ TRAIL STATS & DETAILS

• Best Seasons: Summer & Fall

• Distance: 14.2 km

• Trail Type: Out & Back

• Elevation Gain: 591 m

• Max Elevation (altitude): 2208 m

• Bike Friendly?: No

• Dog Friendly?: Yes (on leash)

• Trailhead Toilets?: Yes

• Parking: $42.00 (for day)

🚗Directions to trailhead: Google Maps

🗺️AllTrails route: Plain Of Six Glaciers (suggestion only)

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✨ TRAIL HIGHLIGHTS - Why you should go

• Plain of Six Glaciers Tea House stop (seasonal)

• Distant views of Lake Louise when you look all the way back down the valley from the end point.

• Surrounded in a bowl of peaks. Fairview, Haddo, Aberdeen, Lefroy, Victoria (and the Victoria Glacier), Collier, Popes, Whyte, the Devils Thumb, Big Beehive! Visually, my favourite looking peak is Lefroy... it looks so foreboding haha!

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📅 TEAHOUSE OPERATING SEASON

• Typically open from June 1 to early October

• Hours: 7 days a week, 8 am to 4-5 pm

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☕🍴 FACILITY DETAILS

• Type: Casual quick service café

• Food & Drinks: Loose-leaf tea, handmade baked goods, usual comfort foods and snacks (menu is made daily on site)

• Cash Only (no card or digital payments)

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❓ GOOD TO KNOW

• Seating: First come, first served (no reservations)

• Toilets?: Outhouses

• WiFi: No

• Cell Service?: No

• Pets Allowed?: Dogs can come on the hike (on leash), but they’re not allowed inside the tea house. Most people with dogs sit outside on the patio deck with them

• Website: Plain Of Six Glaciers Teahouse

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🏕️ CAMPING OPTIONS

• Campsite On Trail?: No

• Close Camp Recommendation: Lake Louise Campgrounds

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✅ TIPS FROM DEV, LINKS & SAFETY

• Teahouse: The Plain of Six Glaciers Tea House is the perfect break. It's roughly 5.8 km into this trail.

• Lake Louise area hikes are exposed to avalanche hazard and are not recommended from mid October - mid June.

• For more details on how to get here, be sure to check my Travel Tip section on: Lake Louise & Moraine - Parking & Shuttle Access

• See Parks Canada for the latest National Park trail conditions.