My husband and I did the Long blue ice tour and we were not disappointed. Or guides were very knowledgeable and helpful. I'm not the steadiest person on two feet when I'm not on ice and I felt that the guide was very patient with me. The most physically demanding part of the tour was actually the hike up to the glacier. A lot of the guides come from Nepal and have hiked Everest multiple times so they are in peak physical shape, getting up to the ice is about 40 min and they move quickly. We had a couple drop out before the hike started because they just couldn't keep up although like I said they might have been fine once on the ice the guides moved more at the speed and ability of the group. Balance is the biggest change once in the ice. It offered beautiful views and our guide was happy to take pictures of everyone. It does take about 5 hours for the long tour and you are constantly moving except for lunch. The only time we got cold was when we stopped for lunch. Once you stop moving the fact that you have probably been sweating does start to chill you. Keeping dry is more important than having really heavy duty warm clothes at least when we went in august (temp around 45 degrees F) make sure you have water proof gloves and a change of dry clothes in the car unless you are staying close by. Have shoes that are waterproof and have good grip on the bottom. Even with my water proof hiking shoes I still slipped on the rocks on the way back to the boat because they were really slick from the rain. read more

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