Peyto Lake is a gorgeous glacial lake visible from the Bow Summit turnout on the Icefields Parkway. Its elevation is 1,880 m, its length is 2.8 km, and its area is 5.3 square km. Finely ground rock particles carried into the lake by glacial melt water, give its water an exquisite turquoise or emerald color. Its primeval-looking shores are heavily... More

You might wonder whether you should stop on the ice fields parkway and walk up to Peyto Lake!!! Do it! That is the best decision you could have made! Unbelievable! I can't describe the lake as I was spellbound! Blue water sparkling in the sun stretching ahead of you..walk up the trail head to the view point to get good... More

Even at the start of the Spring thaw, this is a spectacular lake to visit. Don't miss it! We got to Peyto Lake near the end of our incredibly scenic drive down the Icefields Parkway from Jasper to Banff. It was still very snowy in this part of the Rockies in late May, but we were unprepared for the amount... More

The color was unbelievable. It was more crowded, though, than some other spots. We were thrilled to visit it as part of our Caravan Tours trip through the Canadian Rockies, a tour I highly recommend.

2068 meters above sea level, the Icefields Parkway gave us breathtaking views of beautiful Peyto Lake which is shaped like the head of a wolf. The lake was found by an Englishman, Bill Peyto who became a mountain man in the 1890's. The lake is a beautiful turquoise color and for the first time we realized that the colorful pictures... More

This Lake is in the shape of a wolf!!! It is a beautiful turquoise color from the Glasier silt. It's a nice walk to get to the view point above the lake.

So pretty and blue even on the most miserable of days. It was raining heavily when I went to Peyto lake but the colour of it was still breath taking. Worth the short hike up.

this is a beautiful place there are many other places you can get a little closer to the beauty...but if you have time this is a place to see. It will be busy!

We first went to this lake in about 2006 and were glad we did. This lake is kind of shaped like a dogs head. It is claimed to be the most colorful lake in the Rockies, but I find Moraine Lake to be a prettier blue. That being said, this is an easy walk from the parking lot to an... More