| Musher's Note |
- This tour is similar to Sound of Silence I. Springtime in Lapland is something special. We have daylight almost 24 hours and we leave the head torch home. The spring birds are coming to the mountains; the reindeers are also starting to get in to the mountains after a winter at the coast. Sometimes the snow is blue of water other times it is stone hard from –10C during the night. This tour is a tour that we have to take day by day and be open for new routes. Springtime in Lapland can only be explained by yourself after you been out on the tour
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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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Ice fishing day
/rest day 5 |
- This day we stay in Överstjuktan lodge. You can choose to do ice fishing or rest. We have breakfast, lunch, dinner and overnight at Överstjuktan lodge.
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| Last day on the mountain day 6 |
- 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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