Matanuska Glacier Hike Day Tour

Amazing experience. Guide was quite knowledgeable and very helpful. It was quite an experience to walk on the glacier.

It was a lovely tour guided by the owner, Lori, who was knowledgeable and shared a lot of her experiences throughout the journey to the glacier. My only small gripe was that the van stayed quite cold all day, so we kept our jackets on the whole time. Other tours I’ve been on usually kept the vehicle warmer. I would also have appreciated more information about the geology or history of the region. There were four of us in Lori’s group that day. Once we reached the glacier, we were handed over to the glacier guiding company and combined with other groups, forming a group of around 14 people. The glacier company provides warm clothing if needed, as well as cleats. It does get extremely cold on the glacier — the wind was incredibly strong and felt closer to –30°C. The wind also blew tiny bits of snow and ice into our faces, so I’d definitely recommend bringing sunglasses. The glacier guide was excellent and very informative, and overall it was a fascinating experience. It appears that only this glacier guide company is allowed to guide there so basically all the tours offer a very similar experience, plus return transport to the glacier. The key downside for me was that the group included people with very different physical abilities. Although we spent about two hours on the glacier, we moved at a very slow pace and covered only a short distance. Much of the time was spent waiting for people to take photos at each stop, which made the experience feel a bit commercialised. The glacier itself is absolutely stunning and 100% worth visiting. Personally, I would have preferred an option for a more active, higher-intensity exploration so we could see more of the glacier. I understand the need to keep the glacier accessible to everyone, especially with multiple tour groups present, but it would be great if there were ways to accommodate different activity levels. The lunch stop was incredibly scenic and the food was good too.

We had a blast!! The glaciers were so absolutely beautiful, the snow had freshly fallen so it was truly a winter wonderland. Our tour guide Alyssa helped us up into beautiful hard to reach places and we explored so many glacier caves and beauties. Also wasn’t a hard hike in the slightest!

That's it my vacation break , I choose the Anchorage for hike at Maranuska with Viator, and fir 1st time in my life that's hike on the ice Gracier on the top of mountain.. the Tour guide was friendly and kind so between on the road to hike she explained for the story in Anchorage Alaska, her name is Lori.. and then when I get in the National Park and I met the another Tour Guide that's he will bring me and group Tour Going up to the top of mountain for walked and hiking..his name is Tom he so nice and funny I love ❤️ that..so he explained and let's us know everything for the ice and gracier..great and ❤️ so much.. I will recommended for my friends for the Tour and great experiences with Tom for hike in Matanuska AK. 1st time of my Life .

Lori is the best, she picked me up and dropped me off at my hotel without any problems, the tour was amazing, she knows a lot and is a super intelligent woman with whom you can talk about many issues.