Lake Louise ski holidays

The area has around 20 restaurants in total, most of them in the hotels or the chateau on Lake Louise, but there's also a few in the Samson Mall. Fine dining is commonplace so expect some fantastic meals. However, there's also some more casual places if you like to keep things simple.

• Walliser Stube, Fairmont Chateau – Amazing food, mountain views and fantastic service - what more could you ask? The innovative Euro-Alpine menu includes several choices of cheese fondue, plus chocolate fondue for dessert.

• Fairview Dining Room, Fairmont Chateau – Experience the best of contemporary Canadian cuisine, whilst enjoying world-famous lake views. Elegant dishes include buffalo, caribou, fallow deer and A Taste of Canada maple-themed dessert.

• Timberwolf, Lake Louise Inn – A family-friendly pizza and pasta café with a whole range of traditional and signature dishes. You can even get creative and build you own pasta, pizza or calzone.

• The Station – Looking for a meal to remember? Step back in time and dine in an authentic 1910 railway station or dining car. Menu favourites include the Station Stuffed burger and Dirty Man 'n' Cheese with pulled pork.

• Outpost Pub, Post Hotel – Simpler food and a cosy ambience, in the setting of an English pub. Chat with friends and watch sports on the TV whilst tucking into burgers, pizzas, quesadillas, goulash, steak and bratwurst.

• Temple Lodge (bottom of Larch area) – On the back side of the mountain, this self-service place offers a relaxed meal and friendly staff who ski into work each day.

• Whitehorn Bistro (mid-station of Grizzly Express gondola) – The place to go for on-mountain table service, here you can get delicious alpine-style food and spectacular scenery too.

• Northface Bistro (bottom of main lifts) – You’ll be spoilt for choice here thanks to the range of different dining stations, all offering fresh food finished to a high standard.

Nightlife is limited in Lake Louise, with evening entertainment being concentrated in many of the hotel bars which are more geared towards relaxation than wild parties. However, like with most resorts, there are a few places where you can really let your hair down.

• Powder Keg – This bar is ideal for a few sociable drinks. It's the real deal with leather furniture, huge TVs, a balcony overlooking the slopes, loads of alcohol and gorgeous, warm apple cider.

• Outpost Bar – With a lovely fireplace and live music most nights, this bar, located in the Post Hotel, is an ideal place for an evening tipple or two.

• Find your ski legs by taking the Top of the World Express up to Saddleback and Pika - lovely greens with great views. • The terrain park is one of the largest in Western Canada, and has jumps, rails and boxes for all abilities.

All our holidays include shared transfers to and from your accommodation. However, if you would prefer a private transfer, this can be added when booking. These are taken by car, 6-seater or minibus, depending on the number of people in your booking.

Not only are the slopes gentle and the instructors friendly, but the Lake Louise ski school offers beginners a guarantee that if you're not skiing by the end of your first day, you'll get an additional lesson free of charge.

With Louise's four massive mountain faces to explore, intermediate skiers will have the time of their lives. There's everything from smooth cruising runs in the Larch area to the challenge of the back bowls and the big bumps on Ptarmigan and Raven - fantastic to ski as a mixed ability group.

Rocky Mountain powder, 'Steep'n'deep', giant bumps or endlessly smooth, stylish cruising - Lake Louise has it all, and lots of it. The huge back bowls are world-renowned, there are World Cup downhill runs to enjoy and, as waiting at lifts is virtually unheard of, there's more time to spend skiing this spectacular area.

Lake Louise has plenty of beween-the-piste opportunities for you to get stuck into. The backside bowls also have tough challenges, which may include vertical runs - they're challenge, but highly rewarding, especially on powder days. Across the way, on Mount Norquay, you can find amazing off-piste thanks to huge amounts of snowfall and high tree lines which, in turn, create some fantastic tree routes for the more experienced skiers - definitely try the Long Pine run. Lastly, Sunshine's Delirium Drive and Wild West backcountry areas (accessed at an entry gate that's manned by a snow patroller) have steep chutes and varied terrain.

Prices given below for lift passes, equipment hire, ski school and packages are for information purposes only and may fluctuate during the season. Current prices can be found by proceeding with your booking.

North American lift passes go up in price the closer you get to your departure date. Buy your lift passes when you book to get the lowest price.

6 Days	Senior (65+)	Adult	Youth (13-17)	Child (6-12)
Area Lift Pass (low season)	£323	£358	£323	£108
Area Lift Pass (high season)	£334	£371	£334	£112

Photo required for lift pass? No
Lift pass coverage: All lifts at Mount Norquay, Sunshine and Lake Louise and the shuttle bus.
Please note: If you require a name change or date change, this lift pass will be cancelled and refunded (subject to an admin charge) and a new lift pass will be issued at the current price.

To allow for non-ski days, your lift pass does not need to be used on consecutive days. For example:
• 6-day passes can be used within a period of 8 days starting from the day after your arrival in resort
• 9-day passes can be used within a period of 12 days
• 10-day passes can be used within a period of 13 days
• 14-day passes can be used within a period of 17 days

Please note that equipment hire does not take into account any non-ski days. Therefore, for example, if you wish to use your 6-day lift pass non-consecutively over 8 days, you will also need to hire equipment for the full 8 days.

	Days	Adult	Child (5-12)
Ski/Board school - mornings and afternoons	3	£231	£179*
Ski school - mornings and afternoons	1	£96	£68
Ski school - half day	1	£78	£54

*Board school is onyl available for adults (13 years and over).

Other lesson duration days available.

Adult Ski/Board School (mornings and afternoons)
Availabe daily from 10:30-15:30, for levels 1-3

Ski School (half day)
Either 10:30-12:30 or 13:30-15:30