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Lake Louise snow forecast

How much fresh snow will fall on Lake Louise this week, and how low will it reach? The forecast below is for the top of the lifts at 2637 m and the bottom at 1646 m, refreshed every time you open the page.

Fresh snow

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No real snowfall in the forecast for the next 7 days.

Forecast of 2026-10-16 14:27 UTC. Updating live…

The next 7 days, day by day

DayFresh snow, summitFresh snow, baseFreezing level
Fri 16 Oct0 cm0 cm1800–3850 m
Sat 17 Oct0 cm0 cm1150–2250 m
Sun 18 Oct0 cm0 cm900–2250 m
Mon 19 Oct0 cm0 cm1550–2500 m
Tue 20 Oct0 cm0 cm1500–2300 m
Wed 21 Oct0 cm0 cm1350–2350 m
Thu 22 Oct0 cm0 cm1550–2400 m

Days in local time (America/Edmonton). Freezing level: lowest and highest height of the 0 °C line that day.

Freezing level below 1646 m: snow right down to the base. Between 1646 and 2637 m: snow up high, wetter lower down. Above 2637 m: rain or melting on the whole mountain.

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Snow depth map around Lake Louise

The map shows forecast snow depth on the ground every 3 hours (NOAA GFS); tap anywhere for the depth and the freezing level.

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Lake Louise at a glance

Lake Louise is a ski area in Alberta, Canada. Its lifts climb from 1646 m to 2637 m, 991 m of vertical, so the same storm can bring powder at the top and rain or slush at the bottom: compare the freezing level with those two heights.

Questions

Will it snow in Lake Louise this week?
The table above gives the fresh snow forecast for each of the next 7 days at the summit (2637 m) and at the base (1646 m) of Lake Louise. It is recomputed from the latest weather model run every time the page is opened.
How much fresh snow is forecast for Lake Louise in the next 24 hours?
See the "Next 24 h" box at the top of the page: centimetres of new snow at the summit, with the base underneath. The 72-hour and 7-day totals sit next to it.
What does the freezing level mean for skiing in Lake Louise?
It is the height where the air is at 0 °C. Below it precipitation falls as snow; above it, as rain. With a freezing level under 1646 m it snows on the whole of Lake Louise; between 1646 and 2637 m only the upper slopes get snow.
How deep is the snow in Lake Louise right now?
The "Snow depth now" box shows the modelled natural snow depth at the summit and at the base. It is a model estimate, not a measurement, and it leaves out groomed and artificial snow: check the resort's own report for the pistes that are open.

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How this forecast is made

Fresh snow (hourly snowfall), freezing level and snow depth come from the Open-Meteo forecast API, which blends national and global weather models (among them ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON and NOAA GFS) and corrects them to the altitude asked for: here the summit and the base of Lake Louise. Totals start from the current hour; the daily table runs in local time. Model snow depth is natural snow only. The live map shows NOAA GFS snow depth and freezing level around Lake Louise.