Randonnée glaciaire guidée sur l'Athabasca avec IceWalks
Description
Ce sera le moment fort de votre voyage à travers la promenade des Glaciers! Découvrez le monde de la glace avec nos guides professionnels Certifiés ACMG. Cette randonnée d'interprétation est parfaite pour les voyageurs à la recherche d'une expérience aventureuse et significative sur le glacier inférieur de l'Athabasca. Vous verrez des crevasses profondes, des cascades qui tombent en cascade dans les profondeurs de la glace, et en apprendrez davantage sur la formation des glaciers et comment ils façonnent le paysage. Profitez de vues spectaculaires sur la cascade de glace et les sommets environnants. Les visites partent tous les jours à 9h45 et 14h00, le temps d'embarquement est de 20 minutes avant l'heure de départ. Ne soyez pas en retard ou vous manquerez votre visite! Considéré comme une difficulté modérée avec quelques sections courtes et abruptes de sentier pour approcher le glacier et le sol inégal. Vous devriez être en mesure de marcher 5 km (3 miles) sur un terrain accidenté afin de faire le tour. Les visites sont familiales. Apportez vos propres collations et couches chaudes - nous fournissons tous les autres équipements nécessaires pour explorer confortablement le glacier.
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Itinéraire
Les guides certifiés ACMG d'IceWalks vous rencontreront dans le parking du Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre et vous prépareront pour une aventure d'interprétation inoubliable de 3 heures sur les glaciers. Vous serez transporté sur une courte distance jusqu'au début du sentier. Cette visite à pied aller-retour de 5 km vous mènera sur le glacier Athabasca et dans l'incroyable paysage des Rocheuses canadiennes. Vous apprendrez la riche histoire du glacier et vous aurez des vues spectaculaires sur les montagnes glaciaires. Vous découvrirez et explorerez les nombreuses formations de glace incroyables sur le glacier, notamment : les crevasses, les puits de moulin (cascades dans les profondeurs de la glace), les ruisseaux d'eau de fonte et les cascades de glace (à distance de sécurité). Ce sera le point culminant de votre voyage sur la promenade des Glaciers. Les photos que vous prendrez captureront les souvenirs d’une vie. Aucune expérience technique en escalade requise ! Nos circuits sont de difficulté modérée, adaptés aux jeunes enfants amateurs de randonnée et aux seniors actifs.
Points forts
Ce qui est inclus
Avis des voyageurs
Informations importantes
- Animaux d'assistance acceptés
- Déconseillé aux voyageurs avec des problèmes cardiovasculaires
- Condition physique moyenne requise
Avis(368)
Loved the whole experience with a very knowledgeable guide Troy . He is the best
Kelly was a great guide! Super unique experience, go visit before the glacier melts away 😔 The visitors center has limited hours so if you’re on the last tour of the day you won’t be able to get a bite to eat or see the special exhibits.
Who knew you could hike on a glacier? What a wonderful and different experience made better by our guide, Mike. He was informative, encouraging (it’s alot of time and effort!) and taught us a lot of the history of the area and the natural elements that make the glacier what it is. A truly enjoyable experience! And an accomplishment!
We didn’t want o join the crowds going on the Athabasca Glacier on a Snocoach so chose to do the ice walk. Our guide Simon looked after us very well and we all had a great time on the ice. At no point did we feel unsafe. We were given cleats (crampons) and walking poles. There is a bit of a strenuous (depending how fit you are!) walk to get onto the ice due to how far the glacier has receded. We spent about an hour actually on the ice looking at various features. During that time Simon told us about the glacier and the area. Wear layers as we were actually warmer than we thought we would be on the ice. There were stops so we there’s time to add or remove layers.
It was our first time to hike glaciers with family of 3 having 12 year old , the guide was knowledgeable , showed us many textures at the glaciers , kept us safe and overall made it fun as memorable experience.
Our family of 4 highly recommends Antoine, our guide, and the 1/2 day (3 hr) IceWalk on the Athabasca Glacier. The tour group is small (10 people) and paced well. Our guide made lots of time for questions and answers as well as safe, free exploration within boundaries. Great mix of glacial history and science information. Go out with the first morning tour - before the crowds arrive and the glacier gets slushy with more free water flow which limits the areas you can traverse. Does require some easy rocky hiking; is about 4 miles round trip on foot. Walking with the tour-provided spikes (crampons) is great - very stable footing. Follow the tour's recommendation on clothing layers.
We had such a great experience doing the 1/2 day tour. Connie was so informative and was just wonderful chatting with our kids. Our 3 year old (who rode in Dad’s backpack carrier) has asked all week when we’re “going walking with the lady again.” We learned so much about the glacier—would do again!
This was an awesome experience! Our tour guide was so knowledgeable and friendly. Even as people struggled with the hike, he went out of his way to be considerate and help them.
We had an incredible hike with Adam. He was very knowledgeable and just an amazing tour guide all the way around. I would recommend this hike as a must if you are in the area. I would consider this a moderate hike, but not terrible.
Our tour of the glacier was fantastic! Our guide, Nick, was fun and very knowledgeable. Would definitely recommend.
