Skeleton Lake
51.6122° N, 115.9297° W
Skeleton Lake, Alberta. 51.6122° N, 115.9297° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/ab/skeleton-lake-near-lake-louise/, compiled October 9, 2026
- Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
- City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
Skeleton Lake covers 0.39 km², Alberta. It lies 27 km northeast of Lake Louise.
- Area
- 0.39 km²
- Shoreline
- 3.6 km
- Elevation
- 1,839 m
Today on the water
10.5 °C
Observed at Yoho (National Park), as of 3:00 a.m. MDT
Wind from the southwest: the southwest shore is the sheltered side.
| Time | 5 a.m. | 8 a.m. | 11 a.m. | 2 p.m. | 5 p.m. | 8 p.m. | 11 p.m. | 2 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | W 20 | W 30 | W 30 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | var. 5 | E 20 |
| Gusts km/h | 50 | 50 | 40 | |||||
| Temp. °C | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Precip. % | 20 | 20 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Becoming cloudy near midnight. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 50. Low plus 3.
Weather: Yoho (National Park) (local forecast), as of 4:05 a.m. MDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:24 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:58 a.m.
- Sunset
- 7:02 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:36 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:55 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:22 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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