Lake Louise Mountain Resort has 4,200 acres of fabulous terrain. With four mountain faces, Louise offers skiers and riders unlimited possibilities. As for the scenery, it's everything you've heard about and then some.

Lake Louise is Canada's second-largest ski area, behind Whistler Blackcomb in British Columbia, and is one of three resorts in Banff National Park. It's difficult to say what makes it more memorable— its colossal size with incredible terrain diversity or the truly jaw-dropping scenery. One visit is usually all it takes for Lake Louise to make virtually everyone's top 10 list of mountain resorts.

ABOUT LAKE LOUISE | INTRODUCTION TO THE REGION

The resort doesn't have a glitzy Vail persona. Instead, Lake Louise is down home, warm and friendly. It's a wonderful destination for families and groups with different ability levels. Its vast terrain provides plenty of fun and challenge for everyone. Lake Louise has some truly steep terrain balanced nicely with groomed intermediate runs fun for experts.Top that off with delightful beginner and first-timer terrain, and everyone's bound to be happy.

The 24,000-square-foot Lodge of the Ten Peaks, and the corresponding remodeling of the original base lodge, are the first things you see when you pull up to the resort. The massive, split-beam log buildings are some of the most handsome in the Rockies: Picture a log cabin built by Paul Bunyan. The lodge is constructed of some 2,500 fir, pine and spruce logs, most of them originally thinned from the Ptarmigan slope to open runs for glade skiing and riding.

While you're in the Banff Region, consider going to Ski Banff @ Norquay and Sunshine Village too.

Lake Louise Mountain Resort Facts:

Summit elevation (lift-served): 8,650 feet
Vertical drop: 3,250 feet
Base elevation: 5,400 feet

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Address: P.O. Box 5, Lake Louise Alberta,

Canada T0L 1E0
Area code: 403
Ski area phone: 522-3555
Snow report: 762-4766 (Banff)
Toll-free reservations: (800) 258-7669
Fax: 522-2095
E-mail: info@skilouise.com
Internet: www.skibig3.com;

www.BanffLakeLouise.com;

www.DiscoverBanff.com

Number of lifts: 12—1 high-speed 6-person gondola,

1 high-speed six-pack, 2 high-speed quads, 1 quad,

1 triple, 2 doubles, 4 surface lifts
Skiable acreage: 4,200 acres
Snowmaking: 40 percent
Uphill capacity: 18,790 per hour
Parks & pipes: 1 park, 3 pipes
Bed base: 2,500 within 10 minutes
Nearest lodging: About 2 miles away
Resort child care: Yes, 3 weeks and older
Adult ticket, per day: C$72 (07/08, without tax)

Banff Region Facts:

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Internet: www.skibig3.com (tri-area skiing);

www.banfflakelouise.com (tourism bureau);

www.http://www.banff.ca (town)

Bed Base: 10,000 in Banff