Hiking to Lake Agnes teahouse

 We've been planning for weeks to go to Lake Agnes tea house. I've first seen the teahouse being promoted in the Bring me Instagram page. I'm curious as to how far is it, how cool the tea house and how popular is the place. 

We left our home at 6.15am, we arrived 8:30am at the Lake Louise Fairmount hotel. As early as 8:30, the parking is 80% full and we parked on the upper side.

We took some pictures in Lake Louise and started to walk towards the start of the trail. 

The trail going to Lake Agnes tea house is 3.4km one way. On the way, you'll pass to Mirror Lake it's in 2.6 kms. This was considered to be a moderate hike and can be finished in 1 or 2 hrs depending on your health status.

We've been hiking on the easy trails. We've finished Upper Grassi Lakes trail and Troll Falls trail. They're very easy for the beginners and good for the whole family. So, the trail to Lake Agnes is something that we really pushed ourselves to finish. 

We brought 6 water bottles, boiled eggs, cookies, and cheese for the snacks. We also used walking sticks to help us on our trip. Going up was really a hard inclined. On the first 30 minutes, I was really catching my breath to climb. I am honestly not in my best shape when I took the hike. I was not very active and not exercising days prior to hike. It took us about 2hrs to reach Mirror Lake. We stopped couple of times to breath, to relax, to drink water and to eat our snacks. 

After Mirror Lake, we continued our hike to Lake Agnes tea house. It only took us 30 minutes to reach the place. At the bottom of the tea house, there's a small waterfall. We were able to wash our hands there, relax a bit and have our pictures taken. Then, there was a stairs going up the teahouse.

In the teahouse, we enjoyed a cup of tea and light snacks. The tea was really good. We tried the Alpine meadow tea and Lake Agnes wildberry tea. Both are herbal teas. They are both so good.

There's no garbage bin there so we have to pack away all our garbages. We spent for about an hour and a half at Lake Agnes. There's a couple number of people going there. It was kinda busy but there's a lot of place to sit and relax.

Going down is easier, because it's all downhill. It took us an hour and 15 minutes going down and we only had few stops. Also, the blueish Lake Louise is one of our landmark. While we're going down, we can see it. So, it motivates and encourages us that we're near the bottom. 

Overall, the hike was good. It was really exhausting especially to us because we're not really that active. The whole round trip hike, it took me 24,000+ steps. Eventhough it's tiring, it's still good for the whole family. The pathways are generally safe for kids and adults alike. 

Are we going back here again? Yes we will, but not this year, maybe next year or so. Are we recommending this place to other hikers and families? Yes we do. It's really a good experience for everybody.