Inside the Icefield: Technical Information about Ice Explorers
The Ice Explorers provides all-terrain mobility to transport up to 56 passengers. Their low-pressure tires are massive! These buses can be used to take people both on road and off-road. They have extra large side and top windows that provide greater all-around visibility. It's a comfortable and thrilling ride! Dimensions
Icefields Ice Explorer Bus Details - Jasper Columbia Icefield
The Ice Explorers, also known as the Ice Explorer Buses, are custom-built vehicles specifically designed for transporting visitors onto the Athabasca Glacier at the Columbia Icefield. The Ice Explorers feature large, specialized tires designed to navigate the icy …
Remarkable Experiences in the Canadian Rockies - Banff Jasper …
2012年5月4日 · The classic Columbia Icefield Adventure lets you explore two ways. First, ride onto the Athabasca Glacier aboard a massive Ice Explorer before disembarking onto ancient ice. Then, marvel at the breathtaking Sunwapta Valley from above atop the …
Jasper Columbia Icefield
Ride in a huge ice explorer for a guided tour of the glacier and listen to engaging commentary about glaciers, the local ecosystem, and environmental changes. Then walk on the glass-bottom Skywalk for photo-worthy views over the cliff's edge.
Columbia Icefield Glacier Adventure Review – Is it Worth it?
2024年8月13日 · This glacier adventure tour starts at the Columbia Icefield Discovery Center, where you head out for a ride on the glacier’s surface in a huge all-terrain vehicle, which is aptly named “the Ice Explorer.” Even after living in the Rockies, we must admit it’s a strange feeling driving over a huge sheet of ice!
Columbia Icefield Adventure – Is It Worth It? - Crazy Family …
2023年7月27日 · On your way from Banff to Jasper via the Icefield Parkway you have to make a stop at the Columbia Icefield! When you are here you won’t want to miss the Ice Explorer and the Skywalk. They come in a combined ticket and are well worth a stop! You can buy your tickets for the Columbia Icefield Adventure (Ice Explorer and Skywalk) here.
Columbia Icefield Explorer Tour With Skywalk - The Banff Blog
The Icefield Explorer vehicles are huge transport buses specially designed to cross the moraines of the Athabasca Glacier and deposit guests onto the glacier’s icy surface. The vehicles are truly impressive, and the small roped-off section of the glacier offers visitors a rare opportunity to stand atop these earth-shaping natural wonders in a ...
Columbia Icefield tour on the Athabasca Glacier - Velvet Escape
2011年11月30日 · From the Icefield Centre, visitors can hop on the Brewster Ice Explorer – an imposing bus that takes visitors on a thrilling ride atop the glacier. The tour lasts about 80 minutes and provides spectacular views of the surrounding glaciers. Visitors also have the opportunity to hop off the bus onto the glacier for a walk on the ice.
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First, you take a short bus trip from the Glacier Discovery Center; it helps you avoid the walk and the buses help control the crowds. Then the entire bus transfers to the assigned Ice Explorer. The Ice Explorer moves at a snail’s pace up an extremely steep incline and down a corresponding decline as it rumbles over the rocky road. It is a ...
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2014年8月12日 · Welcome to the Brewster Ice Explorer, a fifteen-metre-long multi-passenger behemoth that looks like Grave Digger had an illicit affair with a tour bus. It’s a beast, standing just under four...