Glacier Walk Outdoor Activities
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| Outdoor Activities Glacier Walk This relaxing, interpretive walk to the glacier is the perfect opportunity to learn the role of the Franz Josef Glacier in shaping this remarkable landscape. With the emphasis more on geographical information and the glaciers history, you're able to venture beyond the public barriers and right up to the dramatic terminal face of this advancing glacier with your experienced guide. After being fitted out with all your equipment at our company office, a ten minute bus ride takes you to within 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) of the glacier, where you enjoy a short bush walk through regenerating rainforest, regrouping in the glacier valley. You then proceed to the front of the glacier (2.5 kilometers), with your guide calling stops along the way to explain the unique features of the glacier and glacier valley. Please note, trip does not include walking on the ice. City: Franz Josef Region: South Island Country: New Zealand Duration: 3 hours Continent: Australia and South Pacific |
| Outdoor Activities Glacier Walk The Half Day Glacier Experience is a fantastic introduction to an enthralling world of ice, traversing spectacular tracks of only moderate difficulty, and suitable for most agile people. The walk is longer in duration than others offered, allowing you more time to enjoy the impressive terrain on the lower reaches of Franz Josef Glacier. After being fitted out with all your equipment at our company office, a ten minute bus ride takes you to within 2.5 kilometer (1.5 miles) of the glacier, where you enjoy a short bush walk through regenerating rainforest, regrouping in the glacier valley. You then proceed to the front of the glacier (2.5 kilometer), with your guide calling stops along the way to explain the unique features of the glacier and glacier valley. Here you strap on a set of Ice-Talonz, accessing the terminal face of the glacier for 1.5 - 2 hours traversing spectacular tracks of only moderate difficulty. The terrain can look daunting, but preformed access ways make exploring the lower reaches of the Franz Josef Glacier achievable for most agile people. City: Franz Josef Region: South Island Country: New Zealand Duration: 4 - 4.5 hours Continent: Australia and South Pacific |
| Outdoor Activities Glacier Walk Glacier Hike Take a journey on the glacier snow and ice atop Whistler Mountain where your professional guide will teach you about glaciology and how to ascend the glacier around the crevasses like a mountaineer. No experience is necessary, just moderate fitness and agility is required. Outfitted with boots, crampons, ice axe, harness and rope, your guide will lead you onto the glacier snow and ice atop Whistler Mountain. At the top, you'll be able to enjoy the stunning alpine vistas before descending. No experience is necessary - moderate fitness and agility is required. Involves uphill walking for approximately 45 minutes. Suitable for most children ages 12 and up. |
| Outdoor Activities Glacier Walk The world renowned all day option takes you in superb scenery, deep in the heart of the glacier. The excellent step-cutting skills of your guide allow you to travel through the most spectacular and challenging glacier terrain imaginable, satisfying even the most ardent of adventurers. We'll take you further, into the most spectacular ice falls and guarantee the most extensive and rewarding glacier adventure available. After being fitted out with all your equipment at our company office, a ten minute bus ride takes you to within 2.5 kilometer (1.5 miles) of the glacier, where you enjoy a short bush walk through regenerating rainforest, regrouping in the glacier valley. You then proceed to the front of the glacier (2.5 kilometers), with your guide calling stops along the way to explain the unique features of the glacier and glacier valley. Here you strap on a set of Ice-Talonz, accessing the terminal face of the glacier for up to 6 hours of pure adventure. The scenery is spectacular, and with a total of six hours on the ice, you could find yourself in all manner of situations, from squeezing through tight blue crevasses to Franz Shuffling down near vertical walls of ice. Gaining confidence as you go you will venture through some of the most stunning and challenging terrain imaginable. City: Franz Josef Region: South Island Country: New Zealand Duration: 8 hours Continent: Australia and South Pacific |
| Outdoor Activities Glacier Walk 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. On your trip to Canada's glaciers, you'll hear stories of the early explorers who opened up these valleys. You'll enjoy an alpine picnic and visit the Columbia Icefields Centre, with the opportunity to join an exciting all-terrain tour onto Athabasca Glacier (included in the cost of the tour).
This tour is seasonal, operating from April through to October. City: Banff Region: Alberta Country: Canada Duration: 9 hours Continent: North America |
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