Winter Ice Climbing

Duration

4 hours

About

Take this 4 hour adventure to try something that is completely unique to the Alaskan Traveler. Your guides will equip you with everything necessary to remain safe including a harness, helmet, boots, crampons and ice tools to ensure a successful ascent up the ice formation. Guests can choose to take on a steeper challenge or stay in their comfort zone, this is a challenge by choice adventure!

Tour Inclusion

• PRIVATE TOUR
• Helicopter flight to and from the climbing area
• 2 Ice Climbing Instructors
• Crampons, Harness, helmet, Ice-climbing Axes, Plastic mountaineering boots, Ropes and hardware for rope climbing
• A top rope ice climbing experience on frozen waterfalls
• Glacier Ice Cave Exploration
• Knowledgeable glacier experts
• Body Warmers
• Extra Warm Gear
• Hot Drinks
• PRIVATE TOUR- (Helicopter portion to and from may not be private but 3.5 hour tour portion will be private)

NOT INCLUDED

• Winter gear
• Warm layers

WHO IS THIS TOUR FOR

Ages starting at 14 and older. Adventurous people with a moderate level of fitness. No ice climbing experience is necessary. Alaska has extreme weather conditions and it can change often, guests will need to be prepared to face the Alaskan Winter temperatures for multiple hours.

TYPES OF HELICOPTERS WE FLY

Alaska Helicopter Tours has multiple 3 passenger Robinson 44s. These helicopters have a per seat limit of 300 lbs and a total combine passenger weight limit of 600 lbs. If your passenger weight exceeds 600lbs or for parties of more than 3 guests, your party may be in 2 or 3 helicopters, but will always be together for the tour. (added bonus is everyone will have a window seat and you can take pictures and video of the other helicopter from the air) If a guest exceeds the 300 lb per seat limit we may have additional helicopter options. Please call for assistance in booking groups larger than 3 passengers or for additional helicopter options.

PASSENGER WEIGHTS To safely balance the weight distribution of the aircraft, it’s essential that we have accurate weights for all guests. We request your weight at the time of booking so we can plan how to combine parties on the same flight and map out seating. When you check-in at our base for your flight, we confirm all passenger weights by weighing you at that time. If we are unable to fly a guest due to an inaccurate weight provided at the time of booking, no refund will be made.

Weight and balance of helicopters is an important part of our safety program. Seating is assigned based on weight and balance following guidelines which have been approved by the FAA. We cannot guarantee seats as the weight of guests must be balanced within the aircraft.

Please note that each guest weighing 250 lbs. or more must pay a $150 comfort surcharge to block off an additional seat for weight and balance purposes. Any gusts 300lbs or more must call our reservations team to make the Reservations ration to secure the larger Astar Helicopter.

Our pilots will deliver the best viewing experience they can, in the safest manner possible, under the current local weather conditions. We cannot guarantee what you will see on your tour and we must abide by any FAA issued regulations such as temporary flight restrictions that may be in place at the time of flying.