Last summer saw a tipping point as vehicles flooded into the area around the lake at a rate of one every two seconds, with an estimated 5,000 vehicles having to be turned away a day
The water of Moraine Lake in Alberta seems to have been poured straight from the heavens – or at least that’s how the website for Tourism Banff & Lake Louise describes it.
officials say is increasingly disruptive to wildlife and dangerous to both the natural environment and the people managing it. To deal with the situation, Parks Canada has announced private vehicles will no longer be allowed at Moraine Lake starting this year. Under the new rule, the site will only be accessible to shuttle buses and registered commercial vehicles. People with disabilities will be able to drive in private vehicles with government-issued permits. Travellers can also make the 14-kilometre journey from Lake Louise by foot or bicycle.
“It’s huge for everybody,” says Marcin Karpowicz, who owns BDFK Photography with his partner, Barbara Dorota. Mr. Karpowicz estimates they do 30 to 40 sunrise photoshoots with engaged couples and newlyweds at Moraine Lake every season. He says he hopes that private companies will step up to fill some of the niche needs created by the change, including offering shuttles that accept big dogs and carry canoes, and others that run very early for those wanting to see the sunrise or get an “alpine start” in the dark to their hike. Parks Canada shuttles will run to Moraine Lake four times an hour from 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., at a cost of $8 or less for adults and no charge for children and youth.
“You go there at 3 or 4 in the morning, it would be packed full of mostly all photographers or hikers,” he says.
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