and there are plenty more to walk on… The glaciers in the Cascades have all sorts of different personalities, depending on the specific glacier, the time of year, weather, etc. A lot of climbers are terribly bored by roped up plodding up the glacier, but I think it’s kind of satisfying. But of course it’s fun to play on the ice when it’s August and 70 degrees and the crevasses are all visible.
Mar 04, 2008, 10:48PM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments
it doesn’t feel any different than standing on regular snow. It’s fun knowing that you are on a glacier, but if there are surrounding snow fields, it’s hard to know where the regular snow ends and the glacier begins.
Dec 31, 2007, 03:57PM PST | 0 comments
Check out the Columbia Icefield in Banff National Park in Canada.
Dec 18, 2007, 08:57PM PST | 2 cheers | 0 comments
Sep 19, 2007, 07:31AM PDT | 0 comments
JakeB is feeling the fear and doing it anyway
We splashed out and booked on a heli-trip to the top of the Franz Josef glacier. It’s like another world up there. The ice carves out ever-changing caves, waterfalls and streams. Sometimes you can hear the distant rumble of icefalls on the vertical stretches of the glacier (a long way off incidentally).
Jan 21, 2007, 03:20PM PST | 0 comments
I stepped on the base of the Franz Josef glacier in NZ about 10 years ago. But I want to go to the top (in a helicopter) and walk on the top of the glacier. They’re AWESOME!
Sep 01, 2006, 04:37PM PDT | 0 comments
Its a cool idea, and neat knowing that you are standing on a glacier, but besides that not a big deal and it doesent feel too different from staning on ice or snow.
P.S. I was in Canada when I did this
Mar 01, 2006, 09:57AM PST | 0 comments
