Banff, Alberta — After adding a bubble chairlift during the 2024-25 season, Lake Louise Ski Resort will grow again in the future.
Work has begun on Richardson’s Ridge, a new terrain expansion located adjacent to the Back Bowls at Lake Louise Ski Resort. Situated across from the Paradise chairlift, the terrain pod will have a mix of easy, intermediate, and advanced trails and glades. There will be traditional pistes, along with glades and chutes. Lake Louise noted in their Long-Range Plan that “it is rare to find terrain that is so well balanced with the skier marketplace contained within a single pod.”
Lake Louise provided the first construction update this week. Valhalla Helicopters has been helping clear out trees from the future trails and lift line at Richardson’s Ridge.
An exact opening date for this lift and terrain expansion is to be determined.
Image Credits: Lake Louise Ski Resort & Summer Gondola
Update 5/18: A prior version of this article stated that the expansion will open during the 2025-26 season. While they’ve mentioned this timeframe in the past, Richardson’s Ridge is still early in the construction process, so its opening date isn’t definitive.
