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Athabasca Glacier Snow Trip from Banff

Duration: 11 hours
Destination: Canada, Alberta, Banff
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  • 11 hours
  • Banff
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Visit Canada's famous glaciers on a full-day seasonal excursion from Banff. Your personalized small group tour takes you through an awe-inspiring landscape carved by glaciers and remnants from the last ice age, as you travel along the Icefields Parkway, one of the world's most scenic highways.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre, Highway 93 Icefields Pkwy, Improvement District No. 12, Jasper National Park, Alberta T1L 1J3 Canada

Departing from the centre, you'll climb aboard the Ice Explorer (a six-wheeled behemoth of a vehicle) and drive across the surface of this glittering sheet of ice. Getting thirsty? You’ll have a chance to drink pure, cold water straight from the glacier.

Them, be transported to the glass floor Glacier Skywalk, hanging from the edge of the Sunwapta Valley at 918-foot (280 m), for unparalleled views of the canyon below and mountains around you.

Duration: 3 hours

Pass By: Icefields Parkway, Banff National Park, Alberta Canada

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.

Stop At: Crowfoot Glacier, Improvement District No. 9, Banff National Park, Alberta Canada

A brief stop provides one of the day’s many up close glacier views.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Bow Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta Canada

You will visit Bow Lake, one of Banff National Park's largest lakes. Bow Lake is fed by meltwater from the Bow Glacier in the Wapta Icefield and lies at the base of Bow Summit.

Duration: 20 minutes

Inclusions
  • Professional guide
  • Picnic lunch - options available, please contact 403-760-5007 to select
  • Columbia Icefield Glacier Adventure: Ice Explorer! Tour and Glacier Skywalk
  • Small group tour (maximum of 24 guests)
  • Default pick up is from the public bus parking located behind the Mount Royal Hotel.
  • Hotel pick up and drop off is available on request, please contact us directly.
  • Entry/Admission - Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre

Exclusions
  • Gratuities
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Most travelers can participate
  • Infant rates do not include lunch
  • Early and late season road / trail closures may limit access to some areas.
  • Group bookings of 9 or more guests have a 7 day cancellation period.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 24 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

Mount Royal Hotel, 138 Banff Ave, Banff, AB T1L 1A7, Canada


Departure Time

08:00 AM


Return Details

Returns to original departure point

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

11 hours


User's Reviews

Travel25346533585

27 Mar, 2024

The Athabasca Glacier is a Unique Adventure where you ride on to the Glacier in a Giant Arctic Bus. It is near Banff and it is very convenient to join the Trip. Standing on Millions of pounds of ice is very humbling. Take many photos on the Glacier as it gets smaller every yera, and will eventually be gone.

Dhananjay_M

03 Mar, 2024

Enjoyed the entire tour. Loved the glacier in particular, and the interesting trip to and from the glacier!

P3131OPashokk

10 Oct, 2023

Jacob was amazing throughout out the experience, explained everything clearly about the glacier by adding his humour. Overall a fun ride and an amazing experience.

Shannon_B

09 Oct, 2023

This was a worthwhile trip for sure! Although, I personally found the stops along the way more interesting than the actual glacier activities themselves. The skywalk was cool but the ice explorer was a bit underwhelming….the area you get to explore is very small. The guide we had was very knowledgeable and stopped in quite a few scenic spots on the way to and from the ice field which was awesome!

Atticus16

08 Oct, 2023

We had an amazing day tour with our fellow Aussie Kelsea who is an awesome tour guide. Very knowledgeable and friendly. Highly recommend! We loved seeing all the amazing lakes and gorgeous scenery driving out to the Glacier. Once we arrived at the glacier, Tex was our driver, he was a good laugh and very knowledgeable. Even helped us get some amazing fresh water from the Glacier stream which is a must do! Highly recommend this tour!!

User's Picture Gallery

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Unique Experience of a Vanishing Treasure

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Ride with Jacob

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Amazing day tour! We loved it

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Very fun adventure

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A great experience - run by a friendly experienced team

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Stand on an ancient glacier!

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A Glacier visit is a must in the Banff area and this is a well prepared company to do it!

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Columbia Ice Fields Trip

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Must visit.

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Absolutely brilliant. Am experience not to be missed.

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Glacier can be viewed by walking tour, over bus

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A fantastic experience with awesome guided.

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Glacier Experience

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Worth the $$

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Fabulous day not to be missed

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Athabasca glacier

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A thrilling experience at Athabasca

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Best Day Ever

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Awesome trip

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Glacier walk

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Good tour even if lots of tourists

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Great day on the Icefields Parkway

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Spectacular

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Loved Lake Bow

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