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Lake Louise's skiing is spread across two mountains with four faces between them. You can ski in the sun all day by progressing between South face, Larch, Ptarmigan and the Back Bowls. All levels of skiing ability will be happy with the terrain at Louise. Despite its daunting size the area has been designed so that there's an easy 'green' run down from the top of each of the 11 chairs, as well as, of course, tougher terrain. There are gentle beginners' slopes at the base of the mountain but you can get on one of the chairs pretty well as soon as you can make a basic turn and return down one of the gentler trails such as Pika or Marmot. Intermediate level skiers will find Lake Louise hard to beat, with trails of up to 8km (5 miles) in length providing wonderful long cruises and most of the terrain accessible to stronger intermediates. Many will want to get stuck in to the back bowls and the famous endless powder skiing - the ski school is a great way of making the most of both. Expert skiers will find plenty to entertain them at Lake Louise: the Back Bowl skiing includes gladed and bump runs as well as open powder. An ideal introduction to the ski area is Lake Louise's Ski Friends program. Twice daily, volunteer hosts and hostesses who know and love Louise conduct free guided tours geared to the individual tastes of visitors. Two larger area passes are available. The tri-area lift pass includes unlimited use of lifts at Lake Louise's neighbouring 'Banff ski areas' - Mount Norquay, the smallest and closest to Banff, and Sunshine Village. The pass, which can be purchased in advance over the internet, includes free use of the scheduled shuttle service between Banff/Lake Louise hotels & the ski areas and one free night's skiing (Friday only!) at Mount Norquay. The larger Canadian Rockies Super Pass covers seven resorts: Nakiska, Mount Norquay, Sunshine, Lake Louise, Panorama, Fernie and Kimberley. The Canadian Rockies Group which owns Lake Louise, Fernie, Kimberley, Mont Sainte Anne and others, has invested heavily in the construction of spectacular base lodges to echo the spectacular ski area. Greatest of all is the 24,000 square foot Lodge of the Ten Peaks, located at the base of the ski hill, which opened for the '98-99 season. The spacious post-and-beam log building, constructed from local stone and timber, features a wrap-around sun deck and a wonderful river rock fireplace which stretches to the height of the two-story, vaulted ceiling. The Lodge houses a cappuccino bar, cafeteria, smoke-free après-ski bar, retail and rental shops, as well as customer service.
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Country:
Canada
Resort height:
1646m
Top lift:
2637m
Bottom lift:
1646m
excellent conditions
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good conditions
poor apres-ski
reasonable
prices
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