Old-school motel vibe here. No elevators and the walls don't block much noise between rooms. If you're staying in warmer weather like we did, just know there's no AC--only a small sliding window about 1x3 in size. The trains are definitely part of the experience. Cool to see the first time, but they come through at least once an hour, even late at night, which can make sleep tough. WiFi isn't great. On the plus side, the location is good--right across from the village. Rooms are clean, though the bathrooms are pretty tight, and you can feel the building's age (it's about 50 years old). There are little touches like a fridge and a bar, but overall not enough to really make up for the downsides or cost. read more

George was the welcoming hotel manager and he greeted our tour group on the bus and gave us a hotel orientation when we arrived. This is a basic and dated two building lodge but it got the job done. It is just across the street from the small Lake Louise Village mall, so it has a very convenient location. They have a big breakfast room located in the basement of one of the two lodge buildings and it is one of the more peculiar and unconventionally located breakfast rooms I have ever encountered but again it got the job done! read more

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Stayed here for one night and it was perfect! Honestly, one of the best designed hotel rooms I have been in (makes for a lovely stay with having a nicely themed room). Front desk was attentive, warm and friendly. I attempted to check in early around 3pm but room was not quite ready. I waited in my car and about 5 minutes later the man at the front desk came out to give me the key to the room as it was ready. I forgot to get his name but that was so kind of him to do! Bed was very comfortable and I loved the under the sink bathroom light that turns on when you walk in. The hotel rooms have everything you need. I booked a pet friendly room and was sweet of them to leave bags with a ball and treats for my dogs! Location is great. You have access to gas, food, and the highway. I didn't really have time to use the other amenities. I was hoping for a little bit better selection of fruit at breakfast but they have lots of other breakfast items. The back parking lot is a bit tight if full so you just have to be careful. Overall a great stay! Highly recommend read more

Mountaineer Lodge - Lounging area - Hotels Near Me - Lake Louise, Alberta

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booked one room two queen beds for 4 adults. two nights. it was the weekend so a little bit pricey. loved the location and close to our destinations, banff national, johnston canyon , downtown, lake lewis . free breakfast was great. all staff accomodating. room was super clean with no odor. non smoking. had steamroom and jacuzzi. would come back here for sure and recommend to others. read more

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Friendly and helpful staff, great location, comfy bed. Our room could use updating but the price was good read more

Mountaineer Lodge - Main lodge - Hotels Near Me - Lake Louise, Alberta

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For the price, it only gets 3 stars. The bed is worn out. The room is clean with a good refrigerator, a bar sink and little desk. The bathroom is very small, couldn't be smaller or the door wouldn't close. The breakfast is ok but not exceptional. The staff is friendly. Parking is right outside the door. read more

I was denied access to hotel amenities despite following all guidelines and having the proper paperwork as per provincial legislation. In addition, there was no attempt to resolve the issue and I received rude responses from the managers. False advertising, discrimination and terrible customer service? The wrong kind of trifecta. Management repeatedly claims they are 'following AHS recommendations for safety of their patrons' but are unable to provide documentation supporting that stance. Actual guidelines onmy confirm that I indeed did have the right to utilize those facilities under the circumstsnces. read more

This is a convenient-based stay for sure. Pros: good location if you want to secure an early parking spot at Lake Louise or Moraine Lake; friendly staff at check-in; good complimentary breakfast that starts early for early hikers; free parking; large indoor hot tub Cons: Wi-Fi is spotty; our bathtub had a leak; limited tv channels; at breakfast had a staff person in kitchen dropping f-bombs every two seconds (luckily no kids around!); minimal amenities; expensive for what you get read more

This place was OK. A lot of places were already booked in Lake Louise - so we were very limited. The room was clean, and the bed was comfortable. Only issue was the shower (hard to get a good water temperature) and also it was a bit dated. We stayed there for a night and it worked :) Very slow wifi - but Lake Louise is literally in the middle of nowhere, so it was NOT surprising! read more

Stayed here for the weekend and found it very relaxing and quiet... probably because its not their high season as yet. The hotel room was very clean, and we had a free bottle of white wine chilled for us upon arriving in our room, along with some snacks as well.... nice touch! The front desk staff were very friendly and helpful in letting us know where to go eat and things to do in the area. We would get a room on the second floor ( there are only 2 floors) next time, as you are able to hear the people above you walking around, etc, but that is my only complaint. For the price that we paid, we received great service and a clean comfortable room and would stay here again. read more

We had looked for possible hotels in the Lake Louise area and thought that Mountaineer Lodge might be good. Unfortunately, there were a few disappointments. They did have a good self-serve breakfast - in a different building across the parking lot. Although most every hotel in Lake Louise does not have Air Conditioning, still walking into our room when it was about 29-30 C was a bit off putting and unpleasant. They did provide a fan and said, "open the windows, it should cool down by 9PM". We arrived at 7PM. It was a very hot night and not easy to sleep. Although they had a cool shower, the water pressure in our shower would knock you over if you're not ready. Now they did have free wifi, but it was inconsistent. It would not have been so bad if the wifi connection had not been inconsistent - even before it went out due to an electrical storm during our stay. Sadly, I cannot say that we will return to this hotel. Room Tip: Check the water pressure of the shower and that WiFi works in the room before agreeing to stay in the room. read more

Convenient location, great staff, very clean large rooms. Personally, I appreciate an older place with outdoor corridors. The breakfast was fine, too. As for the reviewer who complained about the lack of air conditioning: I don't think most hotels in the Canadian Rockies have air conditioning, as it is always cool at night and the units would freeze. I don't believe the Fairmont Lake Louise even has it. People here actually crack their windows open, and enjoy the fresh mountain air! To me, the word "lodge" connotes a more Spartan accommodation. Who uses hotel phones anymore anyway? They're usually a ripoff, and who in the world would you call locally? I really recommend this place. We found it by accident and were relieved to be a short distance away from the bustle of lake Louise, yet close enough to get there easily late in the evening and early in the morning. The hot tub felt great after climbing to plain of the six glaciers. There are a couple of decent restaurants within walking distance. As I said, the rooms are much bigger than average and super clean; the beds are comfy. Seriously, the Fairmont (and that whole area up by the lake) was an over-crowded headache-inducing rat race when we were there. The peace and quiet of the Mountaineer Lodge was a relief. read more

The location can't be beat - there aren't many lodging options in Lake Louise but this one is right across the street from the main village/visitor's center. The hot tub was big and jets were powerful (kind of heavy on the chlorine though) and not frequently used. Parking was extremely easy. Breakfast was ok - very carb heavy and fruits were canned. No eggs or breakfast meats. Room was large and relatively clean (not SUPER clean, not egregiously dirty, just a little dusty feeling). Temperature maintained pretty well during the night. Front desk was meh - not particularly warm or friendly. Our toilet kept running and the repairman came immediately and was super friendly. Once he left though, the flusher broke. He had to come back from home to repair it, but was still very friendly, arrived shortly after we notified front desk, and fixed the toilet back to 100%. The internet connectivity is pretty weak though. read more

Not a very good experience...limited lodging in Lake Louise, you're going to have to just pay a bit more. Disclaimer- If I don't have a good experience somewhere I don't usually go on and post I just sort of move on and forget about it, but pretty disappointing stay in room 108. - Maybe a towel and a half in the bathroom- for two people, you need at least two full towels and maybe a third for other use. - WiFi is beyond atrocious. You're better off sending encryption messages through smoke signals or getting two cans and a wire. If you want a hotel with decent Wi-Fi don't even bother, go up the street and go to Lake Louise Inn and pay the extra for lodging there, the WiFi was amazing when we visited the restaurant. - refrigerator was not working and this was unknown as we put our expensive dinners in there anxiously waiting to eat them the next day but found out that they were spoiled. - The water switched back from very hot to very cold while taking a shower, kind of a surprise when you have shampoo in your hair - The only pros were location was good and bed was comfortable but a lot of cons outweighed those which I didn't mention the other stuff but whatever. - The staff was pretty nice, but that is not enough to keep a duct taped hotel going, they need some major improvements here. read more

Very expensive for what you get. If I spend $500 per night, I expect better than this. There are no elevators, so you have to schlep your suitcases a flight of stairs if you're on the second floor. Hotel is located *right* next to train tracks, so you can expect to be jolted awake by freight trains roaring past quite frequently--even after sunset. There are handy USB ports to charge your devices, so you can watch your battery level go up as you wait for the painfully s-l-o-w WiFi to load a web page. If you want to do anything more than load a web page, settle down and get comfortable, because it's going to take a while. Free breakfast is nothing special. It seems as if the staff in the breakfast room intentionally make as much noise as possible (clanging pots and banging dishes) so that you just eat and get out. Breakfast room is in the basement, so if you're expecting to have a view of anything (even, say, a freight train) forget it. There are not a lot of hotel options in Lake Louise, but you can still do better than the Mountaineer Lodge. read more

Pro: breakfast included, have waffle, eggs, cereal, fruit, toast. Con: no a/c! It does have fan in the room, but didn't help a lot. Ppl living next to me all open their doors to cool down. I tried to open it too, but ppl come and go in the hallway. It's just felled weird. Can't open the curtain too. read more

This hotel was fairly dated, not in a super cute way. It didn't seem to be clean. None of the surfaces in my room seemed to have ever been wiped down. The breakfast was really good, and the wifi was ok. The exterior is very cute. read more

The mattress and bedding were incredibly comfortable. The room was clean and smelled nice. Our car battery died overnight and the staff helped us jump our car. The breakfast was plentiful. We came to ski Lake Louise and this was the perfect location. Great value! read more

Mountaineer Lodge, Our room was in the main building of the Mountaineer Lodge at 101 Village Rd., Lake Louise. After paying up front in full 9 months earlier, we finally arrived at the lodge. From the outside the building, lobby and room looked very nice, but the water pipes were very noisy. Every time you or the rooms around you washed your/their hands, flushed the toilet or showered the pipes were clinging and clanging and then thumping when the water was turned off. The water adjustment in the shower was a nightmare. Once you got the temperature set you pushed the knob to send it to the shower. The temperature changed every time; it was either very hot or very cold, never the temperature you thought you had it sat at. By the time you did get it adjusted or just washed from the tub spout, the water was ankle deep in the shower. The front desk was not much help either when we asked questions. We got different answers on the same question asked of different staff members. Questions like where to catch the bus to Moraine Lake, or what's the best time to go to Columbia Ice Fields. Different staff, different answers. The question, what's your favorite place to eat all turned out to be 5* restaurants. Not really much help. It was annoying to get hot water for tea in the lobby when it smelled like cigarette smoke - evidenced by two different staff members who exited with cigarettes and came back bringing the lingering cigarette odor with them. Not the place I would recommend. Two stars at the most. One for the location (walk to town) the other for the breakfast, wasn't fancy just free. David G. read more

Room was very clean, beds were great. There are four, what felt like down pillows, on each bed which were very nice. The hot tub and sauna room are also very nice. They lost one star for customer service. My lift tickets were not there upon arrival (or at least the guy at the front desk couldn't find them). They also told me a had a balance due (which I didn't.) What's worst of all is that the cleaning person kept opening the windows too my room! Keep in mind the temperature never got above freezing even during the day. They lost another star for really awkward rules. They say there is a $250 fine for "bringing a snowboard, skis" or a "skateboard" into the room. Imagine that. They say it's too protect the room from damage and offer lockers but the lockers are outside. Personally, I like to bring my snowboard into the room to make sure snow and ice don't freeze over inside the binding. Also, if I read it correctly their WiFi policy threatens to revoke your privilages if you stream video. So no netflix. Price is good for the area so I might stay here again. read more

Poor quality for such an exorbitant price. Noisy rooms with little sound insulation. We tried to get moved into ad offering room due to extremely noisy people below us but were unable to do so. Delivery truck arrived and was unloading at 7am while people were still sleeping. Frustrating very poor night's sleep. read more

I selected this site from their web page and was satisfied with the result. The staff was friendly and helpful with one exception. We arrived early with a 4 pm check in time. I was told several times I couldn't get the room until 4. This okay but I felt like they thought I was going to somehow take advantage of them. The room was fine but older style. The location was perfect for a very congested area. We were close to the shopping area. Easy walk to there. The complementary breakfast was fine as was the hot tub my wife used several times during our three day stay. I deducted one star because of the older style of this lodge otherwise no complaints. read more

This is a very basic lodge and the room rates reflect that. However, its location is perfect if you are hiking/visiting in the Lake Louise area - walking distance to the town center, 5 mins from Lake Louise/Fairmont Chateau, and 30 min from Moraine Lake. Continental breakfast was included in our room rate, but do not expect much - it simply gets you full and going. read more