Moraine Lake, located in the Valley of Ten Peaks, is a beautiful glacier-fed lake in Banff National Park. People often ask which is better: Moraine Lake or Lake Louise? While both lakes offer turquoise-blue waters among a scenic mountain background, they’re different.

You do have to plan ahead because you can’t drive a personal vehicle to Moraine Lake. Fortunately, we visited the lake twice: once on the Parks Canada Shuttle and the next day through Rockies Journey’s Half Day Tour of Lake Louise and Moraine Lake.