| Musher's Note |
- On this tour we just go out with 2 guests. Special
for this 8-day tour is that we can change the routes
during the tour if the weather is nice and the snow
is hard enough for the dogs to run on. This means
that the routes can change from tour to tour; this
is something that just benefit you as guest.
March is a beautiful month for dogmushing. The tracks
are getting harder and we will go faster with the
dogs.
The sun is starting to warm us up and the chances
to see the Northern light is still very good. On this
tour we maybe will meet some people in the mountains,
but we will still feel that we have the mountains
for ourselves.
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| Arrival |
- When you arrive in Lapland, Storuman or Hemavan
airport, you will go by car the last 100 km to Umnäs.
The first thing we will do in Umnäs is to go
and say hello to the dogs. After that we will have
dinner at host home or something lighter like sandwich.
We also take a look on what gear and clothes you need
to borrow from us. We talk about the tour and how
to mush the sled and dogs. The first night you will
sleep in a nice Swedish home near your host and the
dog yard.
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| Mushing day 1 |
- You eat breakfast in your house around 8.00. Around
9.00 a clock we meet in the dog yard. Now we will
have a lecture time in “how to drive”
a team of dogs. After that it is time to pull the
anchor, stand on the brake and GO FOR IT!
Överstjuktan is our first destination; the distance
this day is 50 km. The dogs and we will have outdoor
lunch after half way.
- When we arrive to Överstjuktan and our lodge
for the night we help each other to take care of the
dogs, bring water, chop wood, make fire and feed the
dogs. We eat dinner and get a good night sleep.
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| Mushing day 2 |
- We will get up around 7.30 and go out and feed the
dogs.
After that we have a nice breakfast before we pack
our bags and sledges. We harness the dogs and are
on our way around 10.30. Tärnasjön is our
destination today; the distance this day is 60 km.
The dogs and we will have outdoor lunch after half
way.
We will travel over a big mountain plateau down to
Tärnasjön Lake.
- When we arrive to Tärnasjön lodge we help
each other to take care of the dogs, bring water,
chop wood, make fire and feed the dogs. We eat dinner
and sleep at Tärnasjön lodge.
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| Mushing day 3 |
- We will get up around 7.30 and go out and feed the
dogs.
After that we have a nice breakfast before we pack
our bags and sledges. We harness the dogs and are
on our way around 10.30. This day we mush to Ammarnäs,
40 km. We start this day by mushing out on Tärnasjön
Lake, than we mush up to a big mountain plateau. We
will have outdoor or indoor lunch at Serve lodge before
we go down to Ammarnäs valley. The first thing
we do is to take care of the dogs. Ammarnäs is
a little village with settlers and Sami people. Here
we stay at the guesthouse in Ammarnäs, if you
like we take a sauna and shower before dinner. Overnight
at the guesthouse.
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| Mushing day 4 |
- We feed the dogs around 8.00 before we go and eat
breakfast. This day we go to Överstjuktan, 34
km from Ammarnäs. We start to climb uphill, mush
over Guvertmountian and then we get a very nice and
fanny downhill to the lake Överstjuktan. We go
on a lake for 10 km and then the Victoria church appear.
When we arrive to the lodge at Överstjuktan we
help each other like the days before.
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| Last day on the mountain day 5 |
- We will go out to the dogs around 7.30 before eating
breakfast. We pack the sledges for the last time and
are on our way to Umnäs 52 km. The last mushing
day goes over mountains, lakes and in to a fairytale
landscape of forest.
We mush directly in to the dog yard; we take of the
harnesses and let the dog lose in the yard.
- When we arrive to Umnäs we take a nice shower
and eat dinner at hosts home and remember all things
that happened during your Dogsledding adventure.
Last overnight for this time in your cosy house in
Umnäs.
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| Departure day |
- Breakfast in your house. Pack your bags and say
goodbye to the dogs. We will eat lunch at our home,
write the guest book and mark the maps over the tour
(if you like).
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Time to go
home with a lot of new friends
and amazing memories from Lapland!
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