Lake Louise & Moraine Lake Day Tour from Calgary — Scenic Stops, Practical Tips, and Photo Spots

The bus eases out of Calgary before dawn and the city grid gives way to a spine of granite—the Rockies rising like a promise. By midmorning the guide calls a halt and the group steps onto the walk beside Lake Louise; the water is a saturated turquoise that seems to push back at your camera, as if saying, ‘this color you must see for real.’ The Fairmont Château looms like an old fortress, and when the wind drops the mountain faces fold themselves into the lake and the reflections demand a long look.