The lake with the $20 view...

Moraine Lake is a stunning lake with a beautiful hotel / lodge on it.

Hiking at the lake: Before going on our trip, I knew that this area was especially known for Bears. So I did not have a specific hike here in mind to hike… There are about 4 or so hiking possibilities here. I just thought that when we got there we would know which one to take… or I was thinking that maybe they have someone there putting hikes together for people. We were a bit leary about hiking here with the bears. And decided that the hike along the lakeshore, where there were many other people – and then the hike to the top of the rock pile would be great.

The hike along the lake was great.

The hike to the top o f the rock pile was fairly easy and quick…. The view is worth the effort. We stayed up on the top for a while – and took many photos. We definitely saw the “20 dollar view” and it was EXCELLENT. (the $20 dollar view is the view point of where they took the photo of the lake that was for a very long time on the Canadian twenty dollar bill.)