Banff Tea House Challenge

The hike to the tea house is moderately challenging and can be accomplished by people of average fitness.

Banff tea house challenge. One of the oldest buildings in banff national park plain of six glaciers has been run by the same family for 60 years and rates as number 1 or number 2 for places to eat even though there is no electricity. How can you resist a hike that ends with the option of sipping a cup of hot steeped tea a bowl of homemade soup and sandwich or dessert. Made my way down to mirror. What would be the recommended direction to go.

Independently owned and operated. The plain of six glaciers tea house trail begins from the trail in front of the fairmont chateau lake louise a 50 minute drive northwest of the town of banff. Eventually it emerges into a landscape scoured by the victoria glacier where views open to. Plain of six glaciers first then lake agnes tea house or is it better to do these in reverse order.

Answer 1 of 5. Independently owned and operated. If you are able to time this appropriately you can grab breakfast at the lake agnes tea house and lunch at the plain of six glaciers tea house. You can actually do this on two different trails at lake louise.

The hike to the lake agnes tea house is high on the list of things to do for those visiting lake louise. Independently owned and operated. It is certainly one of the most popular hikes in the area. The entire hike with stops included took us approximately 8 5 hours.

The first section of the trail follows the busy lakeshore trail to the far end of lake louise. 10 8pm friday and saturday. Our store business hours are currently. It should be considered a sacred pilgrimage for any tea lover who finds themselves in western canada.

From there there s a short path down to the lake and the tea house which was swamped with people by then. 10 7pm sunday through thursday. Monday sep 7th 10am 5pm. The plain of six glaciers tea house hike is 5 3 kilometres 3 4 miles one way with a 370 metre 1 215 feet elevation gain.

My husband and i are planning to do the tea house challenge in a couple of weeks. It s well worth making a short side trip from the tea house to the abbot pass viewpoint to take a look down into crevasses on the lower victoria glacier. It also allows you to climb the big beehive to see spectacular views of lake louise and the bow valley from above. Definitely a switch back grind but i greatly enjoyed it and the views were marvellous.

Got to the posg tea house before 11 for lunch and then went and watched some avalanches. See 7 280 traveler reviews 6 087 candid photos and great deals for lake louise canada at tripadvisor. The food is simple the company glorious and the view unbeatable. Beyond the lake s silty inlet the crowds thin as the trail climbs steadily through subalpine forest and across the occasional avalanche path.

The tea house challenge and rewards. It takes most people around 4 to 6 hours for the round trip. On the way to the st agnes tea house i veered up to the top of the big beehive. From sep 8th onwards.

The tea house challenge is a 14 6km round trip hike that starts at the base of lake louise and takes you in to and behind the mountains around the lake and back again.