Ice Climbing with Alaska Helicopter Tours

Experience the challenge and the thrill of ice climbing in Alaska—combined with a scenic helicopter ride—when you go on a private expedition with Alaska Helicopter Tours out of Palmer. Never ice climbed before? No problem. Their expert guides will be with you and your own group every step of the way. Plus, this is something you can do in winter and summer!

Fly In By Helicopter

Lift off in a helicopter for an incredibly scenic 15-minute flight over the Knik River on your way to the Knik Glacier; keep an eye out for wildlife on the mountains as well as down on the valley floor.

Scale Icy Walls

Once you’ve landed, your guide will help you get equipped with all the gear you need to make your ascent up the glacier wall or down into a glacial moulin, including rope, harness, helmet, boots, crampons, and ice tools. And you get to decide how challenging you want that ascent to be: something steep, or a more gradual ascent. Because it’s just you and your private group, your guide will be able to accommodate.

Then enjoy a lunch of sandwich, chips, fruit, cookie, and a beverage before hopping back in the chopper for the return trip, basking in the exhilaration of this exciting trip!

About Alaska Helicopter Tours

Locally-owned Alaska Helicopter Tours is well respected in aviation circles for its unique helicopter tours, customs adventures, glacier weddings and corporate events. With its focus on safety, Alaska Helicopter Tours has a fantastic reputation with the FAA and its commercial clients, including fortune 500 companies, universities, and government agencies. Safety is the top priority at Alaska Helicopter Tours, and their staff is most proud of the company’s safety record. Some of their pilots have more than 16,000 hours of accident-free and incident-free flying in some of Alaska’s most challenging conditions.