Lake Louise Hard-Sided Trailer Campground
Banff National Park
Write a Review Fairview Drive Lake Louise, AB, Canada T0L 1E0 403-522-3833 Reservations: 877-737-3783 Official WebsiteGPS: 51.411, -116.172
Overview of Lake Louise Hard-Sided Trailer Campground
A camping permit and park pass, valid for the length of stay, are required. Please display your camping permit in a visible location. Campers must register (at kioskor self-registration) with their camping unit prior to setting up camp.
A fire permit is required for each night you have a fire.
ALL soft-sided units (tents, tent-trailers, and units with soft-sided pop-outs) MUST camp in the Lake Louise soft-sided campground and stay within an enclosed electric fence, due to seasonal bear activity.
Last Price Paid: $30
Reported by ZombieCat on 10/22/2024
Longest RV Reported: 38 feet (Fifth Wheel)
Reported by Sanjo on 10/28/2020
Number of Sites 189
Pad Type gravel
Reservations yes
Elevation 5,019 ft / 1,529 m
Max Stay 14
Max Length 50 ft
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Q&A - Ask the Community about Lake Louise Hard-Sided Trailer Campground
To ask questions of the owner or manager please contact the campground directly. 403- 522-3833
roadtrippers-Townies asked on 7/19/2024
We have a hard sided camper that has a sink drain that empties outside onto the ground instead of an inside gray wate...
Turnbull's Travels asked on 1/26/2022
Can you fill an RV tank with potable water at the dump station or another central location?
Reviews of Lake Louise Hard-Sided Trailer Campground 19 people have reviewed this location.
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“A Strange Setup, Loud Trains, But Still Nice”
Reviewed 10/22/2024
| Nightly rate: | $30 |
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| Days stayed: | 4 |
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The first trick is getting a reservation; this is a popular location, as it provides great access to the two most popular locations in Banff National Park: Lake Louise and Moraine Lake. Set up your Parks Canada account and learn to navigate the website, then hope for a lucky roll of the dice to get a low number in the booking queue. Al... more
The first trick is getting a reservation; this is a popular location, as it provides great access to the two most popular locations in Banff National Park: Lake Louise and Moraine Lake. Set up your Parks Canada account and learn to navigate the website, then hope for a lucky roll of the dice to get a low number in the booking queue. Also, ensure that you're in a HARD-SIDED vehicle - no tents or canvas rigs. The soft-sided campground is appropriate for those set ups (it has an electric fence) and is just down the road. Keep in mind that you'll also need to pay to access this and other Canadian National Parks. I opted for a yearly pass.
The campsites at the Lake Louise Hard-Sided Campground are mostly unpaved, but hard packed gravel. Some are level, others slope toward the access roads located on either end of the site. Oh, did I mention that you'll be sharing with another random camper? Yep, it's a strange setup. The sites are only equipped with electric (no water/sewer) and the electric pole is positioned pretty far from where you park your rig. As I didn't have an extension cord, I had to park my trailer with my door facing my neighbor, who was VERY close. It was rather awkward. The entire place is heavily forested, so don't count on using solar.
Noise should also be discussed. The train tracks are just beyond the campground, so expect MANY whistles and hoots at all hours. There wasn't any other vehicle traffic or generator noise, just the trains.
Ah, well, on to the good points of this campground. I loved the feel of being in the forest, with plenty of big trees. Store your food properly, as I had a black bear walk by one morning (cool!). There are restrooms/potable water spigots located throughout the campground. The shower facility was nice, clean and had plentiful stalls. Camp staff were friendly. The campground is an approximately 5-7 minute drive from the shuttle staging area for Lake Louise and Moraine Lake. There's a small shopping plaza a few minutes away for ice, fuel or last minute purchases. I recommend shopping in Calgary or other larger metropolitan area prior to arriving in Banff, as prices are here are higher.
Would I return? Yes, the location and cost made this a good value.
ZombieCat would stay here again
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“Nice National Park facilities”
Reviewed 6/19/2024
| Nightly rate: | $45 |
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| Days stayed: | 3 |
| Site Number: | 98 |
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Most sites are double, so that you have another camper adjacent to there as a couple of single spots throughout. We were there in mid June and the campground was marked as full, but it was only about 2/3 full. Lots of empty at the far end. But maybe it was before the main season and they weren’t staffed for it. Overall, facilities were... more
Most sites are double, so that you have another camper adjacent to there as a couple of single spots throughout. We were there in mid June and the campground was marked as full, but it was only about 2/3 full. Lots of empty at the far end. But maybe it was before the main season and they weren’t staffed for it. Overall, facilities were nice and the campground was well kept.
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kcook would stay here again
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“Beautiful campground, unusual site construction”
Reviewed 5/22/2024
| Nightly rate: | $45 |
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| Days stayed: | 6 |
| Site Number: | 139 |
| RV Length: | 35' (Fifth Wheel) |
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I travelled here with a 35’ 5th wheel, long bed pickup and parked in site #139, an E only (50A), PT site for $45 including the reservation fee, but not including the National Park pass. The roads are asphalt and the sites are gravel. It was pretty easy navigating. All sites were PT and plenty long for most RV’s. The sites were shared, ... more
I travelled here with a 35’ 5th wheel, long bed pickup and parked in site #139, an E only (50A), PT site for $45 including the reservation fee, but not including the National Park pass. The roads are asphalt and the sites are gravel. It was pretty easy navigating. All sites were PT and plenty long for most RV’s. The sites were shared, back to back sites so you have to hope your neighbor is quiet. Most sites are fairly level, but this one needed 2 boards to get me leveled up. The site got some afternoon sun. Since these are shared sites, if you don’t want your door to face your neighbor, it means the electric pole is on the wrong side. The area between the buddy sites where your picnic table is was quite shaded and pretty spacious. There was a main bathhouse and several smaller bathrooms scattered through the park. All had flush toilets. All the facilities were older, but clean. I didn’t use the showers but I noticed that they didn’t have a bench to set things on although there were hooks inside. Connectivity inside the campground: 1-2 bars LTE with Verizon International plan, 0 mbsp download speed in the evenings. Calls were dropped and email was difficult to load and impossible to open. If you go into town, the signal was fine: 2-3 bars 5G. The campground is right along the river and there is a wildlife corridor across the river, but we didn’t see any. Views from the trail along the river were outstanding. The only big negative was the proximity to the train tracks. It is loud and will wake you up if you are in that first row near the tracks. I would try to get a spot as close to the river as possible. We bought an Adventure Pass package. It included 5 things: Golden Skybridge (lots of fun adult activities), Jasper Lake Maligne boat tour, Icefield Parkway glacier walk and Skywalk visit (saw mountain goats there), Banff gondola ride, and Lake Minnewanka boat tour. All five were great! And the package was a really good deal when you added up what it would cost to do all of those individually. You also need to book shuttle tickets ahead of time to go up to Moraine Lake (highly recommended.) There is so much to do around there. Great hiking, lots of bicycle paths, the gondola up the mountain…I could go on and on. A glorious place to visit. I will definitely be back.
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ElaineS would stay here again
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“Great spot to see Lake Louise”
Reviewed 9/21/2023
| Nightly rate: | $35 |
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| Days stayed: | 4 |
| Site Number: | 173 |
| RV Length: | 24' (Travel Trailer) |
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This is a great convenient spot to camp to see Lake Louise. The site was a double shared side to side with another rv but your doors were facing opposite so it wasn't a problem. The site was very level and neat. There were nice flush toilets near and very nice hot showers just a short way near the entrance. Some had complained of the l... more
This is a great convenient spot to camp to see Lake Louise. The site was a double shared side to side with another rv but your doors were facing opposite so it wasn't a problem. The site was very level and neat. There were nice flush toilets near and very nice hot showers just a short way near the entrance. Some had complained of the loud trains but we were on the far side of the campground and did not even hear them.
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Kent would stay here again
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“Very Nice Campground”
Reviewed 8/18/2023
| Days stayed: | 6 |
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| Site Number: | 139 |
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We enjoyed 6 days at this campground in our Airstream Caravel 22’. Each area has space for 2 campers and it seems to be frequently full. Access to the amazing mountains, trails and lakes is phenomenal. Sites have electric and several dumping lanes with potable water. Yup - there’s a train close by didn’t bother us at all. We have Veriz... more
We enjoyed 6 days at this campground in our Airstream Caravel 22’. Each area has space for 2 campers and it seems to be frequently full. Access to the amazing mountains, trails and lakes is phenomenal. Sites have electric and several dumping lanes with potable water. Yup - there’s a train close by didn’t bother us at all. We have Verizon cell phones (2 bars), T-Mobile hotspot (1 bar) and Starlink (100mb/s download speed). Fires in this region meant there was a lot of smoke and poor air quality.
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OutThereLabs would stay here again
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“Train was very disturbing ”
Reviewed 7/10/2023
| Days stayed: | 3 |
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Loud train horns, engines, and squealing brake day and night. Clean bathrooms though.
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“Gorgeous views”
Reviewed 6/29/2023
| Nightly rate: | $35 |
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| Site Number: | 7 |
| RV Length: | 24' (Class C) |
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Stayed 3 nights here in my 24ft class C RV. Loved the mountain views and proximity to the path along the beautiful river. Everyone mentioned the train - it's honestly not that bad, and I consider myself pretty sensitive to sounds. It only came a few times and night, otherwise mostly during the day. Any horn sounds are from far away... more
Stayed 3 nights here in my 24ft class C RV. Loved the mountain views and proximity to the path along the beautiful river. Everyone mentioned the train - it's honestly not that bad, and I consider myself pretty sensitive to sounds. It only came a few times and night, otherwise mostly during the day. Any horn sounds are from far away. And I was in site 7 which is one of the closest sites to the train!
Pictures of camp site from booking seem fairly accurate for determining mountain views.
Showers are far away, and we're quite dirty when I used them. To be fair - cleaners came right after I showered so may have been bad timing.
Verizon cell phone service was sometimes great, other times frustrating.
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Meghan would stay here again
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“Very Noisy, Train Whistles day and all night ”
Reviewed 5/31/2023
| Nightly rate: | $35 |
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| Days stayed: | 3 |
| Site Number: | 168 |
| RV Length: | 29' (Toy Hauler Travel Trailer) |
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Shared camper pad, electric at site, but no firepit. Showers were super tiny with no place to set your clothes. Small broken shower shelf too, but had good hot water.
No deep sleep as the trains come by often and have to whistle at the road crossing.
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“No escaping the train”
Reviewed 11/16/2022
| Days stayed: | 2 |
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| RV Length: | 15' (Teardrop Trailer) |
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The train is brutal. It runs through the campground all day and all night. Otherwise, it would be a decent campground.
The sites are not private, bathrooms are cleaned infrequently, and the sites are not level, but the location is as good as you will in Lake Louise.
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“Close to main area”
Reviewed 9/1/2022
| Nightly rate: | $29 |
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| Days stayed: | 5 |
| Site Number: | 135 |
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Spacious campsite. Electric on site, water and dump available but not on site. Showers available ,free and hot. But is not cleaned on a regular basis. In shower large clot of hair remained for 3 days straight. Train noise interrupts your day daily, try to tune it out.
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- Partial Hookups
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- picnic table
- trash at site
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