Banff, AB

After our hike to the Tea House at Lake Agnes in Banff National Park we decided to ride the gondola at Lake Louise. (Note: there is another, more popular, gondola in the town of Banff.)

We were told from some of the locals that this gondola goes over a nature preserve and you can often see bears here. 🐻 This gondola was more expensive than we expected ($37 CAD/$28 USD/each) for a 7 min. ride to the top, however, the views were amazing at the summit.

We were given a choice of the enclosed gondola or open ski lift chair. Both run on the same track. We chose the open chair since the weather was nice and we didn’t want anything to obstruct our views.

We saw them! But I was too slow to catch a picture

At the top we walked over to the observation deck. Again, more crowds…but this time I was able to capture some of the wild life. 🤣

Another view from the top of the gondola

After a short while we decided to ride back down. If you are afraid of heights then stick to the enclosed gondola. The views are beautiful but this made me a bit nervous 😬

Back at the bottom of the ride we saw some fun family games before heading back to the town of Banff.

We had a great time. The views were spectacular and we kept commenting that it didn’t look real…everything looked like a postcard. So glad we got to see it.

Up next, driving to Spokane for a couple of days with a friend.