BASIN Glacial Waters will offer a new alpine wellness and thermal bathing venue in the Canadian Rockies. Esteemed 5-star resort Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise will open the indoor-outdoor spa in late 2025 – just in time to soak wintry limbs fresh from the slopes.
The thermal spa concept is 20 years in the making and marks a wellness debut for Fairmont Hotels & Resorts and the first of its kind in Canada and North America.
Initially open for the exclusive use of overnight hotel guests, the consciously designed spa blends with its surrounds on the lake’s foreshore and landscape in Banff National Park, using the natural basin and direct glacial water source for luxury indoor and outdoor experiences.

BASIN Glacial Waters’ design allows guests to flow between hydrotherapy components with spaces for relaxation and contemplation, such as an infinity pool that stretches to the outdoor deck and the post-bathing Silent Salt Relax and Hot Stone rooms.
It will offer traditional Finnish and Bio Saunas for dry heat along with the spa’s signature Aufguss Sauna, two steam rooms that tap into European sweat culture.
Spa guests can also bathe in pools of varying temperatures, including a circular reflexology pool, waterfall feature pool, and a Kneipp Walk for standing contrast bathing, while cold impact features the outdoor, ice-temperature plunge and cold bucket drop.

Accor Senior Vice President, Wellbeing, Strategy, Design & Development Emlyn Brown said BASIN Glacial Water encompasses “the trifecta of luxe wellness”.
“The wide-open vistas directly exposing world-renowned Lake Louise and its surrounding peaks – seen from the interior of the space yet magnified from the outdoor wellness terrace; visionary, naturally-inspired architecture and superior thermal bathing features; and finally, Fairmont Hotels’ approach to world-class service and luxury in every detail,” he said.

Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise General Manager Tracy Lowe said the world-class facility will become a destination in its own right.
“The introduction of BASIN Glacial Waters is the reimagining of alpine wellness in Lake Louise. It elevates the resort experience entirely and we could not be more excited to unveil BASIN to the world,” she said
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