The State of Ice Caves for the 2024/25 Winter

As we are coming into September, it is still a bit too early to talk specifically about which ice caves will be accessible – and worth visiting – next winter. The glacier will continue to change in significant ways over the next weeks and may open up new opportunities or remove others in the progress.

In previous years we have occasionally been lucky enough to have ice caves that were accessible as early as mid September, but this year the situation is not quite as clear and I am currently not very hopeful before November.

There are definitely many spectacular features on the glacier that are worth exploring in both summer and winter, but when making your tour bookings please keep in mind that accessing ice caves is only possible under certain circumstances and we may need to adjust our plans and/or tour locations depending on the conditions.

After the recent tragic accident I am also expecting the National Park to enact new regulations on tours to ice caves and onto the glacier in general, and while I do not expect any dramatic changes to the type of tours that I offer it is certainly an aspect to keep in mind. Since all operating permits are scheduled to expire by the end of September, the new ones should be completed within the next few weeks which will hopefully clarify this situation.