Intimate and remote helicopter access to a secluded glacial environment for a guided ice hiking tour. 


HELICOPTER ICE HIKING

A 3-hour adventure of a lifetime awaits on this spectacular helicopter fly-in glacier tour in Seward, Alaska. Flying out of the Seward Airport, the helicopter trip takes you soaring over rugged mountain peaks to a remote glaciated valley.  

Dramatically flowing out of an isolated alpine ice field, our destination just south of Godwin glacier presents some of the most exciting glacier hiking in the state.  

Our helicopter lands right at the glacier where you will be outfitted with crampons, helmets and ice axes. Your guide will then instruct you on how to safely travel on the glacier and then you’re off to explore an ancient frozen river. Spending approximately 2 hours on the ice with your guide, we will explore the fascinating terrain and features of the glacier on this tour: moulins, crevasses, massive waterfalls and rivers of melt water on top of the ice.  

This tour's difficulty is moderate. We do travel on uneven terrain with crampons, so we would ask that clients are comfortable on their feet. 

When the helicopter returns, you have the option of a customized flight seeing tour of your choosing. Soar through huge icebergs in a glacial lagoon, fly over one North America’s largest Icefields, and/or explore the stark mountainous topography carved from the last ice age surrounding Seward. Ask us for details.

Permitted with the Chugach National Forest.

Season:  May 25th-ish through September 8th

Watch this short film about our heli-access trips

 

Safety on the Ice

Our guides go through extensive training before they run their own trips

Glaciers are an inherently dangerous environment, and Exit Glacier is no exception. We've had a perfect safety record for 14 years, because of the care and attention we give to the training of each of our guides. We don't have novice glacier guides leading our trips, ever. We don't take kayak or rafting guides, and turn them into glacier guides overnight.

We are the only company guiding on Exit Glacier that does not have officially documented unsafe and negligent guiding practices. 

When you go on a glacier with us, you know that your lead guide has had years of experience glacier guiding, and that any assistant guide has undergone a rigorous training program and emergency skills assessment before they are allowed to work alongside our leads. No matter who you choose to take you on a glacier in Alaska, make sure that you ask that company about your guide's training on glaciers and their level of experience. When it comes to training and safety, not all glacier guiding companies are created equally. 

For more about our training program, check out this page.

Difficulty

Moderate

This trip is of moderate difficulty. Clients should be generally comfortable on their feet, keeping in mind that we will be navigating uneven terrain while wearing small backpacks and crampons. 
Minimum Age: 10

Price

$435

Price is per person and does not include the 7% city sales tax

We can arrange to add additional helicopter flightseeing time for a discounted charter rate. Ask us about details!

Tour Times

12:15pm & 2:45pm

 Allow about 3 hours total for this trip with departure and return times sometimes customized depending on the Helicopter schedule.

For other tour times, contact us and we'll see what we can arrange!

Group Size

2-6

For larger groups, contact us to set up a custom trip. In general, groups will never be larger than 6 clients.

You Bring

Good Trail Shoes or Hiking Boots

Appropriate Hiking Clothes

Water Bottle (you can fill in our shop)

Rain Jacket and Pants

Gloves

Camera!

WE PROVIDE

Crampons

Harness

Helmet

Backpack

Trekking Poles

Snacks

Water

Explore Helicopter Ice Hiking with our Interactive Map

1
2
3
4

Kayak Packages

Our Sister Company Liquid Adventures Runs the most Innovative and Spectacular Kayaking trips in Seward. Save Money by Booking a Package!

Liquid Adventures has an excellent reputation running small-group, boutique kayaking trips out of Seward. Liquid Adventures has blazed its own path in the kayaking industry by building our own water taxis, pioneering new trips in new locations, and re-investing heavily in our equipment and guide training. It is said that imitation is the greatest form of flattery, and we tend to set the bar for new adventures here in town.  Check out this page to see how you can save money on multiple adventures.

Explore our Kayaking Options

Exit Glacier Guides

1013 3rd Ave Seward Ak 99664

info@exitglacierguides.com

907-224-5569