Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise has released details about BASIN Glacial Waters, its new indoor-outdoor thermal bathing experience opening this summer.

“BASIN sets a new worldwide standard for thermal spa luxury, and will be a flagship for Fairmont’s new wellbeing platform,” said Emlyn Brown, senior vice-president, Wellbeing, Strategy, Design & Development, Accor Group. “We’re confident that this is the most exciting wellness opening of 2025, representing a groundbreaking shift to the meaning of wellness within the breathtaking Canadian Rockies.”

Realized by AD100 architect Matteo Thun, BASIN Glacial Waters’ name honors Lake Louise’s location in a natural basin and its direct glacial water source. Designed to appear to be embedded into the natural landscape, it combines minimalism with organic textures and delivers wellness with exceptional mountain views.

Guests enter the facility through a low-lit, sensory, calming passageway with arched windows that mirror the original style of the hotel’s exterior. Inside BASIN Glacial Waters offers:

• Dry heat saunas – Traditional Finnish and Bio Saunas present a choice of higher or lower humidity;
• The Aufguss Sauna, an experience with roots in European sweat culture;
• two traditional steam rooms;
• an infinity pool that sprawls from the interior onto the outdoor deck;
• pools in a variety of temperatures, including a circular reflexology pool, waterfall feature pool, and for standard contrast (hot/cold) bathing, a Kneipp Walk;
• an outdoor, ice-temperature plunge and a cold bucket drop;
• Silent Salt Relax room with a Himalayan salt wall designed as a quiet space for meditation and purification;
• and The Hot Stone Room, where heated stone slab beds deliver full-body muscle relaxation.

“Introducing this impressive facility at Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, is an invite for guests to take their interpretation of wellbeing discovery to an entirely different level, and speaks to the Group’s continued vision of blending first-class, contemporary wellness experiences with remarkable hospitality,” said Tracy Lowe, general manager, Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise. “The introduction of BASIN Glacial Waters is the reimagining of alpine wellness in Lake Louise. As a world-class facility, it elevates the resort experience entirely, becoming a destination in its own right.  We could not be more excited to unveil BASIN to the world.”