Lake Agnes Tea House - LAKE LOUISE

This is one of my favourite hikes in the area...regardless of the time of year!! Winter can be challenging, but the rest of the year is wonderful! It can be a very busy trail, but well worth the jaunt. Many spectacular views and photo opportunities, but when the tea house is open...be sure to grab a sandwich and some soup. However, don't stop there... hike to the back of the lake to dip your feet in the cold, aline water or head up to the big beehive or devil's thumb to get an awesome view of the valley!!

Beautiful place. Lake Agnes was still mostly frozen in early June. Completely worth the hike. We had a tiny wait (8-10 min) to get a table around 3pm in the afternoon. Was a wonderful experience, and a tea is the perfect companion to slowly enjoy while sitting and appreciating the amazing views. Energy date ball with peanut butter was really good too. Bring cash for food, more if you want merchandise. Offer to take a bag of trash down for them if you are able (tie it to your backpack, it requires almost no effort).

Went in July 10. Hiking level of difficulty is medium/moderate. You will pass by Mirror Lake before reaching Lake Agnes Tea House. It feels rewarding to have a place to sit down rest and have a snack drink after about an hour a half of hike with very beautiful background of Lake Agnes and waterfall. The sound of waterfall is very relaxing. I found it very surprising to have a cell phone signal. You have to hike a little bit up to go to washrooms. The path going up past the washrooms will lead you to Little Beehive. Hike for another 30 minutes you’ll reach the top with even more spectacular views!

Wow. Just wow. First of all the staff is absolutely lovely in every way possible. Second Tea, soup and mountain bars are all delicious. Third Thursday’s are for helicopter deliveries! Be sure to take Little Beehive after some tea because wow, more incredible views of Lake Louise. Very slick, don’t forget yours crampons.

I followed my daughters and started hiking without knowing of the destination! It started raining and snowing and the trail became slippery but we didn't give up. As we arrived at the Lake Agnes, we were awe-stricken with the magnificent views of the lake and the snow capped mountain looming over it! The lake was still partly frozen in late June. Such a bliss of the nature! Having a tea house here was a boon as we didn't bring our lunch. I think the lentil soup and the Cheese Sandwich were the best I ever had!