• Ice Odyssey Tour

    October 3, 2025 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 32 °F

    Back to the Columbia Icefields complex for a glacier walk. I had high hopes based on my previous walk on the Fox Glacier which included a walk in a 20 ft deep crevasse and an ice cave displaying the deep blue ice color.
    But this glacier was flat with no features so the highlight was actually the vehicle getting us to the glacier. It was a small 6 person buggy, compared to the hulking buses carrying 100 guests. And the driver showed off its maneuverability doing doughnuts and drifting. We had a section beyond the bus location to ourselves. Looking back we could see the hundreds of guests squeezed into their walking location.
    The only notable occurrence on this tour was me tweaking my back injury putting on the shoe crampons.
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