Tour por el campo de hielo de Columbia con Glaciar Skywalk
Descripción
Visite el glaciar Athabasca en un enorme vehículo Ice Explorer en esta excursión de 3 horas. Camine a lo largo de la capa congelada de hielo y llene su botella con agua con pura descongelada; a continuación, camine a lo largo de la pasarela elevada con fondo de cristal sobre el glaciar para disfrutar de unas increíbles vistas a lo largo del borde del acantilado. Vea dos impresionantes atracciones a las afueras de Banff en una aventura llena de diversión.
Opciones de la excursión
Itinerario
Ningún viaje a Jasper está completo sin una visita al famoso Columbia Icefield, el campo de hielo más grande de las Montañas Rocosas canadienses. Vistas asombrosas de imponentes montañas, rocas, hielo y nieve blanca pura hasta donde alcanza la vista. Desde el Discovery Center, abordará un Ice Explorer especializado que lo llevará por una carretera congelada hasta el glaciar Athabasca. En el camino, su conductor brindará comentarios sobre los glaciares, su impacto en el ecosistema local y los cambios ambientales que transforman rápidamente estas enormes maravillas escénicas. Una vez que llegue al glaciar Athabasca, tendrá la oportunidad de saltar, caminar a lo largo del glaciar e incluso llenar su botella de agua con nieve derretida pura y prístina. Una vez que se complete el recorrido, se dirigirá al Glacier Skywalk, donde caminará a lo largo de la pasarela con fondo de cristal que sale sobre el borde del acantilado. Después de detenerse para apreciar la increíble vista y capturar algunas fotografías, regresa al Discovery Center.
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Información importante
- Accesible para silla de ruedas
- Los bebés y los niños pequeños pueden ir en un cochecito o en una silla de paseo
- Los bebés deben sentarse en el regazo de un adulto
- Las opciones de transporte son accesibles para sillas de ruedas
- Adecuado para todos los niveles de aptitud física
- Los niños deben estar acompañados por un adulto
- Sujeto a condiciones climáticas favorables. Si se cancela debido al mal tiempo, se le dará la opción de una fecha alternativa
- Los boletos para bebés son gratuitos pero se requieren para la atracción
Opiniones(1,949)
Expensive. Lots of tourists.
It was a once in a lifetime experience to walk about on a glacier. I highly recommend putting on your bucket list. The single disappointing thing was the upscale restaurant located in the main facility. By dinner time the café and restaurant had closed leaving no other choice but the restaurant that is presenting itself as a gourmet eatery. Unfortunately beyond the menu descriptions and the outrageous prices it does not meet the chef's hopes. We were all disappointed in our orders. My wife couldn't eat hers. Because of the prices we only had appetizers except one off the children's menu which was the most edible food. Unfortunately the chef here fails to deliver upscale food and you will be overcharged including a no option high tip.
The Columbia Icefield to the Athabasca glacier was a spectacular. It felt like an out of this world experience. Our driver seemed like he had experience driving the Terra bus. I wish everyone could have the ability to visit this glacier.
We all enjoyed this experience. Lots of great information from the drivers/guides (Logan was awesome!) and resources along the tour. We were not able to download the audio tour because of WiFi. However, there were great things to read along the tour and leave with the sites and building of the bridge. It was an $$ experience for our family of 6. Everyone aged 18-71 enjoyed it. We went the first tour of the day and enjoyed being the first ones on the glacier that day.
BOOK IT!!! It was the most amazing, unique experience! There are only a few places in the world where you can drive onto a glacier and this is one of them! The ice explorer vehicle was so unique! Went a whooping 10mph and had 5’ tires!! My kids had a blast! Walking out onto the glacier was amazing! My husband did a cold face plunge and my kids felt how cold the water was! A once in a lifetime experience!
Overall this was a good tour. The Glacier portion was great! The skywalk could use improvement. It was an unseasonably hot day and we had to wait for a shuttle bus back in a line in the full sun for 35 minutes. Then the shuttle taking us back did not have working AC and everyone onboard was struggling with the heat. Some things to note the meetup spot has some step steps you must climb from parking lot. It’s not a super accessible experience. However the glacier is beautiful the staff at every point were friendly and welcoming.
My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed our 1st time visit and would highly recommend this to everyone visiting the Banff/Jasper area. Our bus drivers and icefield explorer were very knowledgeable and entertaining! The only negative is that the bus back to the parking lot at the end of the experience was way too hot! All in all a great day!
Excellent experience, reduce wait time for the tickets. Secure spot at your schedule. Recommended for all.
We drove to the ice fields ourselves and saw some amazing pull offs along the way. The ice field tour was pretty cool, but it’s very commercialized. You hopp on a timed bus for a 5 minute ride to the ice fields. then you switch to a treaded ice bus up to the Glacier. Bring a coat and gloves because it is chilly up there. We went in July. You are on the ice field with 4 other tour groups and it gets a little crowded. When we went, the ice field was pretty slushy and slippery. We have been to glaciers in New Zealand & Iceland and the experiences were much more pleasant. The guides going up and coming back down were very informative about the glacier, its history and the changes going on. It’s worth it if you have never been to a glacier before but just be aware that it gets crowded. We spoke to someone the previous day who trip was cancelled because of fires in the area but the next day everything was fine.
The parking situation is a train wreck. It’s took us 35 minutes to find a spot and missed our booked time. We were only able to see the bridge and had to miss seeing the ice field.
