There are ways for people to get up to Athabascar by one of those big rigs. I saw that. We chose the walk. I really don't go in for the touristy stuff most of the time. I wouldn't pay the $29.00 (If I remember right) to walk out on a piece of glass overlook neither. We enjoyed it but you can definitely see how it has receded. We walked up to a few and all have receded greatly we could see. I am a Florida boy and my wife is from Thailand so just getting to walk up to a glacier was special for us. Firsts for both of us.