Winter Dog Sledding in Fairbanks

5.0
(8 reviews)

3 hours (approximately)
Offered in: German and 2 more

This tour is powered by dogs and their dog power! Get ready for a ride/drive on a tag sled which is attached to the front sled with 10-12 huskies ready to go! Get ready for your great journey through the wild and beautiful landscape in Alaska!
The guide on the first sled will control the team so you have plenty of time to enjoy your trip petting the dogs and make great pictures on the trail. While you are standing on the runners or sitting in the sled you feel that you are a part of the team. You have to control your own sled with braking, leaning and going around corners. Learn to mush with help of your guide. On the second sled fits two adults and a child. Welcome to a great outdoor adventure in the safeties way in dog mushing! Welcome to our team!!

What's Included

Cookies and water
We provide Boots, Overalls and Mittens
Coffee and/or Tea
Please bring your own gloves, hats ,buffs, goggles

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Pass Fox Gas Station and continue on the Steese up the hill until the first turn to the left into Old Murphy Dome Rd . Continue until The sign Arctic Winter Adventures appears on the right hand sight . Continue to the main building straight on.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What to expect

You will mush on a tag sled- a sled attached to the rear of the main sled in dog mushing. The tag sled allows you to practice steering and staying upright without having responsibility to control the dog team. You and your guide the Alaskan Huskies from our Race kennel in our dog yard will take you out for a couple of hours With our Iditarod and Yukon Quest mushers or our outdoor guides you are taking off. The tag sled allows two people on it. So you switch place between you and your partner halfways if there are more people than you.
You have the possibility to take some pictures with you and the dogs. Enjoy the solitude of Alaska and experience the connection with the Dogs .Learn how to use the brake and how to lean in the turns on sometimes tricky trails. Feel the dog power.Secure the sled and helping breaking down the speed of the dog team when it is going downhill.
The tour starts at 10 am in our dog yard with the presentation and it ends around 2 pm with a warm beverage and cookies i our cozy yurt.
You will get a great insights in the art of mushing and maybe you even get the taste for longer Trips on your own sled with your own team with the skills you already learned.

Additional info

  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • not recommended for travelers over 220 lbs
Supplied by Alaska Wilderness Adventures

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Winter Sports
Husky Dog Tours
Sledding
Dog Sledding/Mushing
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