My wife and I had a wonderful trip on the Blue Ice Glacier Snowmobile Tour! Huge shout out to our guide Erica!!! Neither of us had any previous experience riding snow machines before. You meet up with your guides and the other riders at a gift shop off of Seward Highway and Alyeska Highway. They provide helmets, goggles, and other gear that you do not have (gloves, winter boots, balaclava masks, etc). After everyone is geared up, you take a ~15 minute drive in their van to the starting pointing. The starting point had all of the snowmobiles lined up and ready to go. The guides then go over the surprisingly simple operating instructions to use the snow machines and all of the safety guidelines. Our particular group had 8 visitors with 2 guides. We split into a group of 3 riders plus 1 guide and a group of 5 riders plus 1 guide. They have some snowmachines which have an extra back-support attached to the seat for people that wanted to pair up/people that wanted to just ride along and not drive. You then ride out ~13 miles to the glacier. At the glacier, you hang out with snacks and take lots of photos. The blue-ness of the glacier is pretty surreal! The weather and snow conditions control how close to the glacier you can get. Make sure to listen to your guides! They showed us a video from previous riders who did not listen and snuck into the glacier (video taken by the riders) and who had to be rescused after ice broke and after being in the water for 45 minutes. There was 4ft of fresh snow the days before our trip so we were not able to directly touch the main glacier due to the extra weight near the pressure ridge. However, we were able to directly touch and hang out with some of the giant chunks (still larger than multiple buses combined) that separated from the main glacier. After a fun time at the glacier, you ride back to the start point and then ride back to the gift shop. The trip was a wonderful experience and the guides match your riding ability. You do need a little bit of strength to pull the handles and to shift your weight around to turn the snow machines. But again, my wife and I had no prior experience before this trip and we both felt fine operating the snow machines. The guides are extemely positive and full of energy and will make sure you have a fun time! Erica (our guide) managed to take a bunch of extra photos and videos of everyone riding and shared them at the end of the day. Overall, a must do trip if you are in the area!!!