Ascending Path Guides: Alaska Glacier Hiking & Adventure Tours
Guided Glacier hiking, kayaking and Railroad adventure day tours
Ascending Path offers Year-Round Adventures
Ascending Path specializes in half-day and full-day wilderness adventures.
Sea kayak with icebergs near a glacier, peer into a crevasse, sink ice tools and crampons into a glacier, snowshoe through a winter wonderland, discuss the flora and fauna of North America’s northernmost temperate coastal rainforest on a guided Nature Hike, and learn what happens when Freddy Fungus meets Alice Algae…
Offering a variety of outdoor adventures in and around Girdwood
- Kayaking with Icebergs via Train
- Helicopter Glacier Hiking
- Helicopter Glacier Ice Climbing and Caves, Year-Round
- Winter Snowshoeing
- Epic Tour: Train, Iceberg Kayak, Helicopter, Glacier Trek
- Girdwood Nature Hikes, Year-Round
- Alyeska Alpine Hike
- Crow Pass Hike
- Iceberg Viewing Hike
- Intro to Rock Climbing
- Private Trips
- Ultimate Overnight Glamping
Family-Friendly Small Group Trips
Ascending Path leads family-friendly, year-round tours from Girdwood, Anchorage and the Spencer Glacier Whistle Stop. Small group sizes allow for custom-tailored trips ensuring individual expectations are exceeded. No experience is necessary! Ascending Path’s trips have been top-rated by Nat. Geo. Travel, featured in the NY Times, NBC Nightly News, and rated Excellent for many years-running on Tripadvisor.com.
Iceberg Kayaking Trip at Spencer Glacier
Our Iceberg Kayaking Trip at Spencer Glacier is ranked #1 on TripAdvisor for boat tour and water sports in Girdwood! Experience the magic of Spencer Glacier via kayak and learn about blue ice, up close and personal, on this 1/2 day kayaking excursion! Enjoy a scenic train ride aboard the Alaska Railroad, then spend several hours paddling among icebergs and hike to the face of Spencer Glacier. One goal is to touch an iceberg! This tour is available mid-May through mid-September.
Take a Helicopter Glacier Ice Climbing & Caves Tour with Ascending Path
Ascending Path’s helicopter glacier Ice Climbing and Caves Tour is our number one year-round trip. After landing on glacier ice, and once the heli leaves, we do a safety talk and crampon practice with your skilled and experienced guide. We typically schedule several hours to climb and discover amazing Ice features like: blue ice, crevasses, caves, rushing surface rivers, tubes, moulins, etc. Your guide will lead you to ice walls where a top rope anchor is set up to experience vertical ice climbing. You will finally feel the rush of what it’s like to be Spiderman when scaling ice walls. And then there’s the ice caves…!
Ascending Path’s Customer Service Motto
Ascending Path guide service has operated day eco adventure tours in Girdwood and Anchorage for more than 17 years. Founded in 1995 with the goal of teaching climbing and mountaineering world-wide, the owners have taken their passion for showcasing Alaska’s wilderness and glaciers with travelers seeking a high-quality, authentic adventure for their vacation. We love to share the power of nature in the awe inspiring wilderness. Ascending Path guides are world-class and provide transformative excursions.
Departures YEAR-ROUND with Ascending Path
Daily departures from Girdwood and Anchorage all summer, and daily departures from Girdwood YEAR-ROUND! Advanced reservations are preferred but call us for last-minute availability.
To learn more about Ascending Path Guide Service and to book your adventure of a lifetime, go to www.AscendingPath.com or call 907-783-0505 today!
