Lake Louise & Big Beehive

A loop above Lake Louise that takes in both teahouse valleys. It climbs from the lakeshore past Mirror Lake to Lake Agnes, up the switchbacks to the Big Beehive and its shelter on the rim, then drops the back side to meet the Plain of Six Glaciers trail and returns along the water. [Route details] Start and finish: Lake Louise lakeshore, below the chateau 11.3 km loop · 1,734 m to 2,249 m · climb 743 m [Along the way] - Mirror Lake 3.0 km · Lake Agnes 3.9 km · Big Beehive 5.2 km - Plain of Six Glaciers trail junction 6.6 km, then the lakeshore back [Good to know] - Walked this way round, the climbing is done early and the last 4 km are flat by the lake. - The high point measures 2,249 m; the Big Beehive marker itself is tagged 2,270 m, a little above where the trail runs. - Elevation is sampled from a terrain model, not recorded on the ground.