Banff Four-Lakes Tour: Lake Louise, Moraine, Emerald & Peyto (Winter-Ready)

You step off the coach into a silence the mountains seem to hold in reserve—air so crisp it sharpens color and sound. Snow clings to conifers and the lakes, once mirror-blue, fold into panes of polished ice; the Victoria Glacier sits like a slow, patient presence above Lake Louise. This is the kind of day a winter tour through Banff and Yoho carves into memory: four signature lakes, each with a different mood—still, glassy, green, and cobalt—linked by highway and history.