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A dusty Ice Road

A trip to the Athabasca Glacier in the Canadian Rocky Mountains gives us a ride inside a mighty juggernaut with vast wide tyres. Each vehicle which is loosely called a bus normally takes visitors over ice hills before letting the people out to explore themselves on the 100 metres or so coned area of glacier surface. This they did in awe, shivering before snapping away with their phones, then jumping up and down to see if they could create new crevasses :) However even in 2016 the ice had receded so far back that we were now traveling on a wide dirt track road instead of the glacier. One had to hold on tight as the vehicle seemed at times to be almost vertical. You see here a relatively flat section but you can also see the real ice road with a red bus returning below left. See part of the road too in the first PiP.

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17 comments

Annemarie said:

i love the pip with the colorful buses!!!!!
11 days ago

Malik Raoulda said:

Remarquable et excellent partage bien rendu.
Bon weekend heureux et reposant.
11 days ago ( translate )

Jean-louis Thiaudier… said:

Impressionnante route. Les PiP sont également superbes.
11 days ago ( translate )

Herb Riddle replied to Jean-louis Thiaudier…:

Thanks a lot Jean-louis. It was impressive.
10 days ago

Günter Klaus said:

Da hattesz du eine tolle Sichtweise und hast gleich ein schönes Bild gemacht lieber Herbert :))

Wünsche noch ein schönes Wochenende,liebe Grüße Güni :))
11 days ago ( translate )

Herb Riddle replied to Günter Klaus:

Yes I was sat near the front and could see the road well. It was quite an adventure my friend.

Best Wishes. Herbert
10 days ago

Chris Bowness said:

Wow, this photo gripped me from the moment I saw it. Thanks for sharing the information. Great photo and I bet you held on tight!!!
11 days ago

Herb Riddle replied to Chris Bowness:

Yes this photo does, I hope pass on some of the excitement of this road come track. I was told off for standing up to take this by the driver and I could well understand why :) Glad you liked it.
10 days ago

Patrick Brandy said:

Belle série merci pour l'info bon week-end.
11 days ago ( translate )

Herb Riddle replied to Patrick Brandy:

My pleasure to bring them here.
10 days ago

Stephan Fey said:

I was shocked by those "trucks" driving on the glacier. In my oppinion this should be forbidden in favour of the glacier. But tourism apparently comes first. Happy weekend, Herb!
11 days ago

Herb Riddle replied to Stephan Fey:

Ah Stephan, in reality, we too were shocked as we had not expected this kind of trip. This was only a small part of the day's adventure. I think the idea of the big tyres were to keep damage to a minimum whilst taking tourist to the foot of the glacier in safety. It seems that Brewster still include this in their itinerary. As you rightly say - and its a pity really -tourism comes first as you will no doubt know from your own adventures in such places.

Best Wishes. Herb
10 days ago

TOZ said:

A great adventure Herb on the great monster trucks I have walked a few Glaciers in the Alps good luck in cwp.
Beat Gordon
10 days ago

Herb Riddle replied to TOZ:

Ah yes that was a trip and a half Toz. My first sighting of a glacier was from the foot of Grindelwald in Switzerland and my first walk on one was in the Norwegian Fjords. I doubt that this photo is a CWP winner but I thought it a bit different. I must admit to liking both your contenders there,

Cheers. Herb
10 days ago

Keith Burton said:

From this photo and your narrative...........it seems like this trip was a super adventure...........I've seen glaciers (from the sea) but have never walked on one.

A smashing little series my friend, all very nicely captured..!! I especially like the image in the second PiP, which is very dramatic!
10 days ago