Alaska Glacier Helicopter

Alaska Glacier Helicopter Tours

How many times have you wondered what it would be like to actually stand on a glacier?  If you are going to Alaska you cannot miss the opportunity to find out what its like to step out upon something so ancient, so vast, so cold.

There are many options for you to investigate this wondrous sight. One of the most popular is to take an Alaska glacier helicopter tour. These tours not only will allow you the opportunity to see the glaciers as you fly over them, but will set you done nearby so you can take a walk on a glacier during which time, depending on the tour company, you will be given historical information on the area and the 1898 Gold Rush that brought so many to Alaska.

Deciding which Alaska glacier helicopter tour to take will depend in part on how fit you are. One of the tours will fly you to the glacier and take you for an hour’s gentle hike around the area. It will give you the time to take pictures and explore a little on our own.  You’re not required to be in any special physical condition, but the right equipment is essential. That means for this trip you need the right clothes when you’re on the glacier. That includes a wind-proof jacket, pants, gloves and mountaineering boots with a hard shell. The Alaska glacier helicopter tour company will provide these clothes. They will also give you a pack to carry a granola bar and bottle of water as well as give you a walking stick called a trekking pole.

There are longer tours where you get to walk on the glacier for two hours, but for these they expect you to be in better physical condition as it will not be simple walking but some light climbing covering in total a couple of miles.

The Alaska glacier helicopter tour companies use the descriptive phrase flightseeing when they describe the tour they will give to show their patrons the sun glint off the blue white glaciers and the incredible scenery. When these Alaska glacier helicopter tours are in conjunction with the walking tours they can be quite expensive. Yet, despite the expense, if you have an opportunity, this is one trip that you’ll never forget.