Spencer Glacier Snowmobile Tour

Current dates and pricing: Check the Spencer Glacier booking button below.

Duration: 3.5+ hours

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Location: Spencer Glacier 50 miles south of Anchorage near Portage and 10 miles south of Girdwood in the Chugach National Forest at 175′ elevation. Seward Highway meeting location is typically our basecamp at the ‘Welcome to Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula’ sign.

Season and availability: Spencer and Skookum Glacier access depends on snow and ice conditions and land-manager openings. Check current dates in Xola and contact us for current conditions.

Snowmobile rentals are available with guided support, custom multi-day tours and expeditions with over 15 years of Alaska backcountry guiding experience.

Looking forward to seeing you on the trail this winter!

Activity Miles: 25

Snowmobile to the face of Spencer, Skookum or Twentymile glaciers controlling your own sled at Alaska’s #1 winter past time. Snowmachines, as Alaskans call them, offer nearly unlimited access to traverse snowy meadows, cross frozen rivers and pass towering mountains on the ride to a remote blue ice destination.

Backcountry powder snowmobiles make the difference when freeriding in meadows to hone your skills. Most sleds have heavy duty gas shocks, plastic skid plates and deep lug tracks so little bumps are not a problem.

Spencer Glacier with Alaska Snowmobile Tours and Rentals from Portage Alaska.

Experienced guides lead the way on a loop ride of the glacier valleys not just an out-n-back trip. Snowmobiling requires balance in sloping terrain, eye-hand coordination and a strong sense of adventure to help you navigate the snowy terrain.

Icebergs frozen in the lake are scenic obstacles heading to the blue serac blocks and columns of ice thrusting from the glaciers face. Take plenty of photos as we explore the glacier and enjoy a trailside hot drink and snack.

Ice caves are beautiful and inherently dangerous, February 2017

Bring warm layers and ski jackets/pants to supplement our bib and jacket outerwear system. Gloves with decent articulation work best with the handlebar warmers. Arctic boots, helmets, gloves, balaclavas, jackets and bibs available to supplement your warm layers, please provide sizing. Remember to bring small cameras, camera cases, sunglasses and personal items.

Exhilarating snowmobiling to glaciers are a highlight of Alaska!