Columbia Icefield Tour with Glacier Skywalk
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Banff, Canada
- 3 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Combine visits to the Glacier Skywalk and the Athabasca Glacier on a tour from the Icefield Glacier Discovery Centre. 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.
- 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's Included
- Guided drive to Athabasca Glacier
- Access to Glacier Skywalk
- Guide
- Gratuities
- Transportation to/from Glacier Discovery Center
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- 93 Icefields Pkwy, Jasper, AB T0E 1E0, Canada
Columbia Icefield Glacier Discovery Center. Latitude 52°13.220 N and Longitude 117°13.441 W.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Itinerary
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.
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.
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Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre
3 hours • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- 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
- Infants must sit on laps
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
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Cancellation Policy
This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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Featured review
Todd_M
The tour was very interesting to learn about the glacier. To see how big it is and the. Learn how big it was just in 2006 is pretty eye opening. Out guide Jackson was funny and very helpfull
Reviews
4.7
based on 1,862 reviews
WENGHONG_S, Mar 2026
Very unique experiences about going to the columbian icefield, walk on top of it and collect the source of water.
Jan_F, Oct 2025
Very well organised.. Just remember to check in at the desk first to have your ticket printed. Great guide, very informative. First you go to the glacier than to the glass walkway. We drank the glacier water it was amazing.
CHRIS_F, Oct 2025
What an incredible experience! Our tour guide was fun, friendly, and informative, and the driver of the large Ice Explorer made the ride up to the Columbia Icefield both safe and exciting. The views were absolutely breathtaking, and we had perfect weather with plenty of great photo opportunities. Everything was well organized. From check-in to boarding the Ice Explorers, and the meeting area was convenient with coffee, restrooms, and a gift shop.
The Skywalk was also a highlight. Walking on glass and seeing the ground far below was thrilling! (I only wish those monster buses could drive us around everywhere — kidding!) A fantastic, well-run tour that’s not to be missed!
Elaisha_T, Oct 2025
It was an incredible experience, and we had the most amazing guide, Leanne! Other than one supremely rude ticket taker at the beginning, every other person seemed to genuinely love their job and was so kind. Make sure to go to the ticket counter first and show them your voucher so they can give you your tickets. Also, the voucher doesn’t tell you, but they close the doors for boarding 2 minutes before your listed departure time so make sure you get there earlier. I don’t know what I was expecting but you will only have a small cordoned off section of the glacier to walk around.
Sherwin_T, Oct 2025
The tour/activity itself was awesome. Staff are very friendly and welcoming. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and fun!! I would have given it 5 star, bur we got lost because of the meeting point link provided by viator in the voucher. We wasted our time driving about 45min more! It completely ruined our schedule. Good thing, pursuit was very understanding and put us on stand-by. Viator, pls update your address link.
Kathy_P, Oct 2025
Great experience, guide on icefield was very knowledgeable
Just enough time at both icefields and skywalk
Tina_C, Oct 2025
Had a fantastic time took the first trip of the day and it was amazing, good level of information shared and everyone wanted to speak about the ice. An fantastic experience and well worth the cost and time.
Alec_R, Oct 2025
Remarkable experience. Not many people can say they've walked on a glacier or rode in a massive off-road vehicle up and down a steep mountainside to get there and back. Be sure to dress warm. It was frigid but worth it. Lars was our tour guide. He was fun and knowledgeable.
Alicia_N, Oct 2025
It was good to see a glacier and the skywalk had great views but on the glacier there are just so many people its hard to take pics and enjoy the experience to some degree. Also FYI this place does not play about time! We was 3 minutes late and a few other people were 1 minute late and the bus lady yelled at them so be on time.
Manisha_S, Oct 2025
Must do trip. Up and close to glacier was awesome. My kids loved riding ice explorer. Guides were fun. Andy narrated an awesome fun story.
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