Ice Explorer Glacier Tour Banff

See two amazing attractions outside of banff in one fun filled adventure.

Ice explorer glacier tour banff.

A massive vehicle specially designed for glacial travel. An experienced driver guide shares a wealth of fascinating. At the heart of the incredible icefields parkway is one of the largest non polar ice fields in the world. Discover the power of nature on the columbia icefield adventure the must do experience in the canadian rockies.

Walk along the frozen sheet of ice and fill your water bottle with pure snowmelt then venture out along the glass bottomed glacier skywalk for incredible views along the cliff s edge. Accessible vans are available to transport guests to the ice explorer and then on to the columbia icefield skywalk afterwards. Then take a jaw dropping walk along the. The full day tour includes transportation from most hotels in banff on a guided bus tour along the scenic icefields parkway to the columbia icefields centre where you will climb aboard the ice explorer to visit the athabasca glacier and walk on the glass floor glacier skywalk.

I have booked and paid for 4 adults for ice explorer glacier tour and skywalk on tur oct 08 2019 under booking ref. Tours have been offered on the glacier since 1969 and the current type of ice explorers have been used since the early 1980s but are constantly upgraded according to mckenna. Another option is to walk the glacier skywalk a glass bottomed walkway perched 280 meters above the sunwapta valley travelling its length provides airy vantages of the mountains glaciers and. Your tour also includes round trip transport from banff a mountain picnic lunch glacier skywalk and an all terrain ice explorer tour.

Visit the athabasca glacier on a massive ice explorer on this 3 hour excursion. Br 730810488 well before our trip. This tour travels halfway along the world famous icefields parkway recognized as one of the top drives in the world passing numerous rocky mountain peaks glaciers waterfalls and emerald lakes. For an exhilarating experience touring the columbia icefield on the ice explorer will enable you to walk on the largest ice field in the rocky mountains and experience the enormous glaciers up close.

We were really. Walk in the sky above the sunwapta valley stay at the glacier s edge. At the columbia icefield skywalk the entire 800 metre flat circumference is designed as a fully accessible attraction for wheelchairs strollers and walkers. Tour takes visitors onto the surface of the athabasca glacier by ice explorer.

Catch a ride in an ice explorer and traverse the ancient athabasca glacier deep in the canadian rockies.