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Columbia Icefield Snocoach Tours, Banff, Canada

  • Address 100 Gopher Street
    (P.O. Box 1140)
    Banff, AB T1L 1J3
    Canada
  • Phone number+1 403 762 6700/ +1 877 423 7433
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  • Neighborhood : Outlying Areas
    http://www.columbiaicefield.com/

The Athabasca Glacier offers an up close and personal visit to a small portion of the Columbia Icefields. A major attraction is Brewster Tour's, "Glaciers in Motion", a 9.5-hour interpretive tour of the glacier from within the comfort of a, "Snocoach", a customized tour bus equipped with huge all-terrain tires that drives up onto the glacier itself.

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yelp Reviews ( 5 Reviews see all ) Top

Vicky L.

(Rating: 5.0) 

by Vicky L. on February 26, 2009

AWESOME!! I can finally say I've walked on a glacier....4 times!!! The sad thing is that trip after trip and lining the pictures up, I see myself growing...

Luke A.

(Rating: 5.0) 

by Luke A. on September 21, 2008

If you want to walk around on a glacier without much effort, check out the Athabasca Glacier, which is one tip of the Columbia icefield. It's right off the...

Chris T.

(Rating: 4.0) 

by Chris T. on September 8, 2008

This was my first time on a glacier. Its a really neat experience. They take you out on specially designed glacier trucks which are totally unique and...

Yahoo Travel Reviews ( 7 Reviews see all ) Top

A Perfect Snow Job

 by  pac33pac  on  2007-06-14

I try to get out every time I go to Jasper.First stopped by in 1974. Now new snow coachesbut still a fantastic ride. I'd suggest itfor anyone...

an expensive experience

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2006-09-07

$32 per person is too high for the tour. As the guide tells you that the snow bus is around $3.2 million you may justify the cost. Otherwise y...

Only a 15 minutes ride in the snowbus!!

 by  Juan G  on  2006-07-24

When I saw the brochure I thought that I was going for a long ride and watch something that can't be easily seeing from anywhere. Well it was a...

Cool place!

 by  Sharon  on  2006-05-20

Our coach was very nice. He made funny jokes and he was very kind. I loved the spring and it was said to make you look young. The mountain was ...

snow in summer!!!!!!

 by  ashikhabib@rogers.com  on  2005-11-30

it was snow from the ice age. we were walking on the glacier. i drank the water,it was very cold. the snocoach tire was taller then me.

GLAD WE WENT

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2005-08-08

Our coachdriver was very friendly and informative about the area and the glacier, her speech was well put together and interesting.The glacier...

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