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 ...

The air is as fresh as you might expect from a mountain range, but on Alberta’s Athabasca Glacier, you can still catch a whiff of diesel fuel from the giant tour buses that escort tourists up ...

In Alberta, Canada, lies the largest national park in the Rockies and the world's second-largest Dark Sky Preserve - perfect for adventure and scenic beauty.

to the Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre across from the foot of the Athabasca Glacier, but you'll quickly find the views are well worth the trip. Seasonal tour buses are available from Banff ...

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With glaciers disappearing at an alarming rate, 2025 has been named the Year of International Glacier Preservation. Here's ...

It's also home to crystal-blue ice caves that form in winter ... It doesn't end in a lake or ocean but winds through the mountains. Athabasca Glacier is one of the most accessible in North ...

EL CALAFATE, Argentina (AP) — A creak, a thunderous roar, and then the plunge: Argentina’s Perito Moreno Glacier calves several times a day, as hundreds of visitors strain to see which side it will ...

The event, known as calving, is a normal occurrence, said Victoria Pacheco, a tour guide ... to explore the glacier’s rolling terrain and peer into centuries-old, deep blue crevasses.