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at that iconic view from the Chateau Lake Louise across the lake and into the Mountains in photos today and see the glacier on Mt. Victoria disappearing. With out glaciers there will be nothing to rub against the rocks making glacial flour, so some day, I don't know if it will be 50 years from now or sooner, that pastel turquoise colour of the lake will be gone as goes the glacial flour. The lakes needs those tiny bits of powdered rock suspended in the water to make the water pastel. There is even a difference in how the lake looks between Spring and late summer as the powdered glacial flour sinks to the bottom of the lake.

The moral of the story is to get there while you can still see it in all it's glory. It is really stunning. But I have heard about the crowds there too.