This hike was a blast! We started just after lunch when our buddy dropped us off a short walk away from Lake Louise. After walking up to the lake and taking a quick look, we found the trailhead and headed up the mountain.
The weather was fantastic, around 25 degrees and sunny for the whole hike. It was a busy trail, but it was a pleasant incline through the woods to reach a lake halfway up with the Big Beehive in behind. We had a quick snack and pressed on.
It didn’t take us long to find the real reason there were so many people on this trail – there was a tea house at the next alpine lake! I would wager that if you want a coffee on top of a mountain that you would have to get there VERY early to avoid the hour+ lineup. And heaven forbid if you want to use the washroom. Once again, we turned our backs to the R&R and tramped towards the ominous thumb reaching into the sky above.
