Columbia Icefield Tour with Glacier Skywalk
Your tour departs from the Columbia Icefield Glacier Discovery Centre; tours depart every 15 to 30 minutes, and your ticket is valid for any departure on the day you select. Climb aboard a specialized ice explorer, an enormous, rugged vehicle built to handle the glacial terrain. As you travel through the largest icefield in the Canadian Rockies, listen to your guide's informative commentary. Pass sights such as the Weeping Wall, Crowfoot Glacier, Peyto Lake, and Bow Lake on what is widely considered one of Canada's most scenic drives. At the Athabasca Glacier, hop out and walk along the glacier, where you can even fill up your water bottle with pure, pristine snowmelt. On the return trip, stop at the Glacier Skywalk for refreshments and walk along the glass-bottom walkway out over the cliff's edge. Then, back to the ice explorer for the final drive back to the Discovery Centre.
Highlights
- ✓Ice explorer tour to Athabasca Glacier with visit to the Glacier Skywalk
- ✓Narrated tour of the Columbia Icefield on a rugged ice explorer vehicle
- ✓Stop to walk along the glacier
- ✓Access to the glass-bottom Glacier Skywalk
What you'll see & do
- ✓No trip to Jasper is complete without a visit to the famed Columbia Icefield, the largest ice field in the Canadian Rockies. Jaw-dropping views of towering mountains, rocks, ice and pure white snow as far as the eye can see. From the Discovery Centre, you will board a specialized Ice Explorer that will take you down a frozen roadway to the Athabasca Glacier. Along the way, your driver will provide commentary about glaciers, their impact upon the local ecosystem, and the environmental changes rapidly transforming these massive scenic wonders. Once you reach the Athabasca Glacier, you will have the opportunity to hop out, walk along the glacier and even fill up your water bottle with pure, pristine snowmelt. Once the tour is complete, you will head over to the Glacier Skywalk, where you will walk along the glass bottom walkway out over the cliff's edge. After stopping to appreciate the incredible view and capture a few photographs, it's back to the Discovery Center.
What's included
- ✓Infant Tickets are free but are required for Attraction
- ✓All taxes, fees and handling charges
- ✓Guided drive to Athabasca Glacier
- ✓Access to Glacier Skywalk
- ✓Guide
What's not included
- ✓Gratuities
- ✓Transportation to/from Glacier Discovery Center
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Subject to favorable weather conditions. If canceled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date
Infant Tickets are free but are required for Attraction
Accessible tour requests require at least 72 hours’ advance notice and must be arranged through the contact options on our official website.
Cancellation policy
This experience is non-refundable — once booked, it can’t be changed or refunded.
Columbia Icefield Tour with Glacier Skywalk
Your tour departs from the Columbia Icefield Glacier Discovery Centre; tours depart every 15 to 30 minutes, and your ticket is valid for any departure on the day you select. Climb aboard a specialized ice explorer, an enormous, rugged vehicle built to handle the glacial terrain. As you travel through the largest icefield in the Canadian Rockies, listen to your guide's informative commentary. Pass sights such as the Weeping Wall, Crowfoot Glacier, Peyto Lake, and Bow Lake on what is widely considered one of Canada's most scenic drives. At the Athabasca Glacier, hop out and walk along the glacier, where you can even fill up your water bottle with pure, pristine snowmelt. On the return trip, stop at the Glacier Skywalk for refreshments and walk along the glass-bottom walkway out over the cliff's edge. Then, back to the ice explorer for the final drive back to the Discovery Centre.
Highlights
- ✓Ice explorer tour to Athabasca Glacier with visit to the Glacier Skywalk
- ✓Narrated tour of the Columbia Icefield on a rugged ice explorer vehicle
- ✓Stop to walk along the glacier
- ✓Access to the glass-bottom Glacier Skywalk
What you'll see & do
- ✓No trip to Jasper is complete without a visit to the famed Columbia Icefield, the largest ice field in the Canadian Rockies. Jaw-dropping views of towering mountains, rocks, ice and pure white snow as far as the eye can see. From the Discovery Centre, you will board a specialized Ice Explorer that will take you down a frozen roadway to the Athabasca Glacier. Along the way, your driver will provide commentary about glaciers, their impact upon the local ecosystem, and the environmental changes rapidly transforming these massive scenic wonders. Once you reach the Athabasca Glacier, you will have the opportunity to hop out, walk along the glacier and even fill up your water bottle with pure, pristine snowmelt. Once the tour is complete, you will head over to the Glacier Skywalk, where you will walk along the glass bottom walkway out over the cliff's edge. After stopping to appreciate the incredible view and capture a few photographs, it's back to the Discovery Center.
What's included
- ✓Infant Tickets are free but are required for Attraction
- ✓All taxes, fees and handling charges
- ✓Guided drive to Athabasca Glacier
- ✓Access to Glacier Skywalk
- ✓Guide
What's not included
- ✓Gratuities
- ✓Transportation to/from Glacier Discovery Center
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Subject to favorable weather conditions. If canceled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date
Infant Tickets are free but are required for Attraction
Accessible tour requests require at least 72 hours’ advance notice and must be arranged through the contact options on our official website.
Cancellation policy
This experience is non-refundable — once booked, it can’t be changed or refunded.