Photo courtesy of Michelle Crow
A snowmachiner knee deep in powder, explores the vast backcountry.
A snowmachiner knee deep in powder, explores the vast backcountry.
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Photo courtesy of Michelle Crow A snowmachiner knee deep in powder, explores the vast backcountry. |
By Robin Rosemond
Turnagain Times Correspondent
Imagine touring frozen valleys full of glaciers, icebergs, and wildlife. Or just taking it easy and smelling the arctic roses. Glacier City Snowmobile Tours in Girdwood offers both versions of the ultimate Alaskan experience.
Locally owned and operated for 13 years, Glacier City Snowmobile Tours provides an all inclusive snowmobile trip that’s perfectly suited for you. Even if you arrive from Florida with shorts and flip-flops, Glacier City can set you up, dial you in, and outfit you with the proper arctic attire to keep you warm, happy, and comfortable for the best that Alaska has to offer.
Right now, early season tours are starting at Crow Creek Mine. Turnagain and Johnson Passes are also popular early season destinations, because of their higher elevations. As the snow pack increases at the lower elevations in December and January, tours will focus on Placer Valley, where riders can reach Spencer and Skookum glaciers and experience nature up close and personal.
Some world famous celebrities have chosen Glacier City Snowmobile Tour’s for their full on Alaska experience. Andrew Zimmerman, the host of Bizarre Foods for the Travel Channel chose them to guide him through the backcountry, and teach him to hunt and shoot ptarmigan. Zimmerman shot it, breasted it out, and grilled it on the exhaust pipe under the hood of the snowmobile. Where else can you eat the delicious delicacies of Alaska inside a 10,000 year-old glacier ice cave? While washing down the exotic, backcountry meal with hot Russian Tea, Zimmerman said, “This muffler meat and tea is the best I’ve had.”
Bode Miller, the world’s fastest skier, enjoyed a Glacier City exclusive tour. The guide said that while he was going as fast as humanly possible, he could not shake Bode Miller off of his tail. Imagine that?
Other celebrities include Bob Villa from This Old House, who frequents the Chugach Range for heliskiing. Les Stroud, the Survivorman, who used Glacier City Snowmobile Tour Guides as snowmobile stuntmen, and technical support for a Survive Alaska segment last winter. And most recently, Glacier City Guides and Snowmobiles, have assisted with the filming of a reality show using Alaskan based US Marshalls, who hunt down fugitives hiding out in the Alaskan backcountry.
Glacier City Snowmobile Tours operates out of its sister company Great Alaskan Tourist Trap, located in the mini-mall at the entrance to Girdwood on Seward Highway. The shop offers up-scale gift items with a humorous twist.
Glacier City’s motto is “The safety of our guests is our number one priority.
Their absolute enjoyment is our personal challenge.” You can check them out at www.snowtours.net or call them toll free at: 1-877-783-5566.