Ice Cave - One Night

© Kaisa Rebane, Giancarlo Gallinoro

Difficulty level 4 out of 5

Minimum 2 guests per trip, maksimum 4 

•  November - May
•  17:00-10:00
•  Approx. 400 meters of elevation
•  Approx. 6-8 km in total
•  Approx. 17 hours
•  16 years

 The trip has moderate difficulty level 4 in cases of extreme cold and that crawling in the cave may occur. Not suitable for those with back problems, claustrophobia or poor physical condition.

 You must be able to carry the necessary equipment for the overnight stay - the guide will help with the packing.

 The price includes:

•  Transport round trip accommodation
•  Food and hot drinks
•  Sleeping pad
•  Ice cave equipment incl. headlamp
•  Guide with necessary safety equipment
•  Snowshoes/walking poles if necessary

 It is recommended to bring:

•  Good, warm and sealed mountain boots*
•  Warm clothes
•  Cold drink (preferably in a thermos as liquid can freeze to ice)
•  Camera
•  Warm jumper for the journey home and breaks
•  Daypack
•  Sleeping bag*

 You will be sent a recommended packing list upon confirmed order.

 If you do not have warm hiking boots, these can be rented for NOK 100.

 *Sleeping bags can be rented from us for NOK 600 per piece.

 Additional equipment and clothing: Arctica

The trip starts with pickup from the accommodation and transport down to our storage where the guide gives a short briefing about the trip. Everyone is allocated equipment to take up to the ice cave, prepares the equipment they will take with them and the transport then goes to the car park where we continue on foot with snowshoes over the snow.

 Once the snowshoes are fitted, we head straight for the glacier and ice cave where we will spend the night. It doesn't take long before we arrive in the shadow of the lighting from Longyearbyen, and into the polar night where you really get a feel for arctic life outside of civilization.

 Once inside the magical cave, you get to experience an underground world with halls, narrow passages and thick layers of powerful ice crystals. We then prepare dinner to be enjoyed in our crystallized dining room before crawling into our sleeping bags for the night and falling asleep to the sounds of a glacier in constant motion.

 After a good breakfast, we pack up and prepare for the return down the glacier. Then it's a short way back to Longyearbyen and civilization. We expect to be back in Longyearbyen at 11:00.