Whether you come on a tour or drive yourself, once you arrive at the Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre, you'll take a bus to the base of the glacier where you’ll transfer to an Ice Explorer ...

“One of the best sounds in alpine mountaineering is the sound of crampons and ice axes on good firm snow,” he says. The Sandy Glacier flows down a steep bowl about two-thirds of the way up ...

If you do want to explore the glacier's surface, or are simply looking for an excellent tour, recent visitors suggested taking an Ice Explorer tour onto the Athabasca Glacier. Past travelers raved ...

Located roughly 60 miles from Anchorage, this massive ice formation offers visitors ... which offers RV-friendly spots with views of Explorer Glacier. Both of these sites tend to fill up quickly ...