Lake Louise Conditions Today
Live weather, highway cameras and road reports for Lake Louise, Banff National Park. Every panel shows how old its data is, so you can tell a current reading from a dead feed.
Updated Mountain Time.
Right now
1 h ago-9.6°C
- Wind
- 5 km/h E
- Humidity
- 91%
- Dew point
- -10.9°C
- Snow depth
- 5 cm
Measured at YOHO PARK, 1603 m, the nearest reporting station to Lake Louise.
Lake Louise weather and the 7-day forecast
Weather data from Environment and Climate Change Canada, used under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
5-day forecast
56 min agoToday
Mainly sunny
4°
-9°
Monday
Sunny
6°
-5°
Tuesday
A mix of sun and cloud
5°
-6°
Wednesday
Sunny
5°
-4°
Thursday
A mix of sun and cloud
5°
-6°
High and low in degrees Celsius, for Banff, the forecast region covering Lake Louise.
Weather data from Environment and Climate Change Canada, used under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
Roads
31 min agoIncidents and construction
- HWY-93 — General Information on HWY-93 All Directions Near HWY-1 Westbound. Activities: Drive with caution (5.2 km away)
Driving surface
- Hwy 1 — Bare Dry, visibility good
- Hwy 1 — Bare Dry, visibility good
- Tunnel Mountain Dr — Closed
- Johnson Lake Road — Bare Dry, visibility good
- Sunshine Rd. — Bare Dry, visibility good
- Norquay Road — Bare Dry, visibility good
Closed every season
- Moraine Lake Rd — closed to personal vehicles. This is normal and not a new closure.
Lake Louise road conditions in detail
Road and camera data from 511 Alberta.
Avalanche danger
9 days ago- AlpineEarly Season
- TreelineEarly Season
- Below TreelineNo Rating
Avalanche forecast from Avalanche Canada.
Highway cameras
31 min agoLake Louise TCH · NW
1.2 km from the lake
Lake Louise TCH · SE
1.2 km from the lake
Lake Louise TCH · SW
1.2 km from the lake
Castle Junction / TCH-93S · NW
24.6 km from the lake
Castle Junction / TCH-93S · SW
24.6 km from the lake
Castle Junction / TCH-93S · NE
24.6 km from the lake
2 cameras have no live picture right now, so they are hidden: TCH Sunshine Overpass NW, Upper Hot Springs - Upper Lot Parking Lot.
Road and camera data from 511 Alberta.
Parking lot status and when it fills
Usually has space
Outside the paid season the lakeshore lot is free and usually has space, though it still fills on a fine weekend.
Shuttle reservation availability
Not running
The shuttle runs 15 May to 12 October 2026. Outside that window you drive to the lakeshore and park for free.
Is Lake Louise frozen today?
Normally freezing over
The lake usually skins over through November and December. Ice is not safe until Parks Canada says so.
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Cross-country ski trail conditions
The grooming report for the cross-country trails around Lake Louise is Parks Canada's, and it lives on the Parks Canada trail conditions page. It lists each trail with a rating, its condition and a dated comment, under a Lake Louise Area heading. We link to it rather than copy it, because it changes each time the groomer goes out.
Parks Canada says: “On average, cross-country ski trails are groomed twice a week. The grooming frequency depends on snowfall and weather conditions.” The track is for classic skiing only; the flat groomed lane beside it is for other users. Last winter Parks Canada marked Pipestone Loop, Hector, Drummond and Merlin as winter closures for fire management, so check that page for this winter's list. Parks Canada's Lake Louise line is 403-522-3833.
Checked on Parks Canada's Lake Louise cross-country page and the trail conditions page on September 27, 2026. The ski resort page lists the trackset trails and their distances, and the snow report has the snow depth and forecast.
Where each number comes from
Everything on this page is pulled from a public feed every 30 minutes and stored before it is shown, so a busy day here never puts load on the government services that provide it. Temperature, humidity, wind and snow depth come from the nearest reporting weather station to Lake Louise, which sits at almost the same elevation as the village. The forecast and any weather warnings come from the Banff forecast region. Road conditions, closures and the highway cameras come from 511 Alberta. Avalanche danger comes from Avalanche Canada and only appears during the season.
When a source stops answering, its panel says so instead of showing an empty box. When a reading is old, the age sits on the panel in plain sight. A camera that has served the same picture for a day is hidden and named, because a frozen picture of an empty highway is worse than no picture at all.
Common questions
Is there still snow at Lake Louise?
The snow depth reading on this page comes from the nearest reporting weather station and updates every hour. Snow can lie on the high trails well into July even when the village is clear.
Is Lake Louise open today?
The lake never closes. What opens and closes is the road to Moraine Lake, the lakeshore parking lot when it fills, the shuttle in its season, and the Trans-Canada when a storm or a crash shuts it. Every one of those is on this page, with the time it was last checked.
Is Lake Louise frozen right now?
The block above says what the lake normally does in this month: frozen hard from December to March, breaking up through April and May, open and turquoise from June to October, freezing over in November. Nobody measures the ice daily, so it is a calendar answer, not a reading. The skating page has the rink dates.
How often does this page update?
Every 30 minutes. Each panel shows the age of its own data, so you can see at a glance whether a reading is current or whether that source has stopped reporting.
Where does this data come from?
Weather and forecasts come from Environment and Climate Change Canada. Road conditions, closures and highway cameras come from 511 Alberta. Avalanche danger comes from Avalanche Canada.
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