Lake Louise Winter Wedding

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Nothing is more Canadian than a Lake Louise winter wedding! Ryan and Rachel’s first trip to the Canadian Rockies was a winter wonderland.

Lake Louise Winter Wedding Ceremony

These two travelled from Texas to experience a true winter wedding in the mountains! Over 30cm of snow fell the night before their Lake Louise winter wedding. It was beautiful, but all the snow led to one major question… where could we hold a ceremony?!

Liam and I arrived early the morning of the wedding with snowshoes in hand to make a personalized ceremony spot just for them! We stomped down a path and a little ceremony spot a few hundred meters on the lake in the snow. This made for the most scenic ceremony spot you could ask for! How’s that for photographer service? 😉 Casey from Urban Officiant did an amazing job as their officiant at our makeshift ceremony spot!

Where do you start planning a wedding at Lake Louise?

Check out our Banff National Park wedding guide here for tips!

Winter at Bow Lake

After the wedding ceremony with their family, they exchanged vows privately at the much quieter location of Bow Lake. Fierce wind gusts whipped up fresh snow off Bow Lake just as they finished their vows. Within seconds, we were engulfed in a full sheet of white. Luckily the warm car was only meters away, but for one fleeting moment before our camera lenses went white we caught Ryan was holding on tightly to his bride through the gusts. Despite the wind, Rachel’s hair done by Mountain Beauties held in place!

It feels like a lifetime ago since March 2020. A few weeks after Ryan and Rachel’s wedding, countries closed and everyone’s life worldwide was uprooted. Like many couples we had to cancel our own 2020 wedding we had planned, but through patience and dedication we persevered.

Featured:

This Lake Louise winter wedding was featured in Rangefinder Magazine!