Big Beehive, Lake Louise

This is such an awesome hike with amazing views of Lake Agnes and Lake Louise. The Switchback climb after Lake Agnes is the hardest but totally worth it. The view of Lake Louise from Big Beehive is just crazy beautiful. On top of big beehive mountain there is a pretty narrow stretch for the viewpoints of Lake Louise and Mirror Lake

Parking: The parking for this lake fills up early so the recommendation is to reach here by 6:30am (or earlier if possible). There are shuttle buses during the day in case you don’t get a parking but that must be booked in advance. Last minute seats in the buses opens at 8am MST 2 days in advance. Use the booking portal to book your shuttle https://reservation.pc.gc.ca/  Select the Day Use -> Shuttle to lake Louise and Moraine Lake.

  • Distance: 10.5km
  • Elevation gain: 736m
  • Difficulty: Hard

  • Start of Hike: Lake Louise
  • Trail upto Mirror lake

The trail starts at lake Louise. It’s a pretty steep climb in the beginning of the hike and later is more moderate until Mirror Lake.

  • Mirror lake

A tiny lake with a backdrop of Big Beehive mountain

  • Lake Agnes
waterfall from Lake Agnes (right before reaching the lake)
View of Fairmont chateau from lake Agnes

Tea shop at Lake Agnes :

  • Walk to End of Lake Agnes
Lake Agnes from its other end
Mesmerizing beauty
  • Switchbacks ascend to big beehive
The switchback ascend path

Lake Agnes view from the switchbacks:

  • Summit
Look out point
Narrow piece of land to end of the Big Beehive mountain
End of Lake Louise
 kayaks and canoes
Lake louise and mirror lake