re: Banff/Lake Louise - June or July?

Thanks for everyone's input. We have decided to go in July after talking to someone who goes and hikes there semi-regularly, for just that reason, to give the snow a chance to melt.

Also have decided on this person's advice to rent a cabin in Field rather than stay in Lake Louise. We weren't staying at the Fairmont, it and Moraine Lake Lodge a bit out of my price range. Had planned on Paradise Lodge, but I generally prefer a cabin and my source says that Field is much much less crowded, and this will save us about $1500.