In a park full of stunning places, Lake Louise may take the top prize.
As with Sunshine Village, there is no scene to contend with at Lake Louise Ski Area.
Back in the car, I headed deeper into the park, along the four-lane Trans-Canada Highway, to Lake Louise.
More than 200km north of Lake Louise in Jasper National Park, it has a very different look to its castellated siblings.
It's a small settlement, with a few posh accommodations, including the famous Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise and the Post Hotel and Spa.
He bought a stake of the company that would become Lake Louise Ski Area in 1974 and Mr. Locke now controls the operation.
Opened in 1890, just two years after the Banff Springs Hotel and just 50km to the northwest, Chateau Lake Louise occupies an equally scenic spot.
Last weekend at an event in Lake Louise, Alberta, Vonn raced as though the rest of the field had waxed its skis with peanut butter.
Opened in 1890, just two years after the Banff Springs Hotel and just 50km to the southeast, Chateau Lake Louise occupies an equally scenic spot.
The snow (or "Champagne powder, " as the locals boast) is so reliable that each season, the first event of the World Cup skiing calendar is held at Lake Louise.
However, Canada's Kucera lost the chance to compete in his home Olympics when he broke his left leg after crashing in the super-giant slalom at Lake Louise in Alberta last month.
The lake is where you will find the Chateau Lake Louise, which, depending upon your opinion, is the best thing since sliced bread or a lump of human intervention dropped into paradise.
In his latest acquisition the 69-year-old Icahn is putting into play such Canadian landmarks as the Banff Springs hotel and Chateau Lake Louise, because he sees the luxury hotel firm as undervalued.
In the winter, skiing guests can choose between the local slope, Norquay, and two massive areas, Lake Louise and Sunshine Village, which sits just 20 minutes from the hotel by shuttle bus.
The Icefields Parkway that stretches from Lake Louise to the south and Jasper at the northern end has towering peaks, tumbling unspoiled rivers, massive sheets of glacial ice flowing down the valley to meet the road, and hanging above in the rafters of the peaks.
But Fairmont is trying to lure visitors with a new "Cruisin' the Canadian Rockies" package, which kicks off in Banff, an hour-and-a-half drive from the Calgary airport, and includes two nights each at their three luxury Alberta resorts: the JPL, the historic Chateau Lake Louise and the Fairmont Banff Springs .
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