| Musher's Note |
- February is the time when the sun is starting to
stay up longer, from 7.00 to 17.00 and the snow is
firm and settled. We will also start to feel that
the sun start to get warm. We can enjoy longer days.
The nights are full of stars and Northern Light. We
still have the mountains for our selves and the nature
are showing one of its best faces
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| Arrival |
- When you arrive in Lapland, Storuman 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! Norra Fjällnäs
is our first destination; the distance this day is
50 km. The dogs and we will have outdoor or indoor
lunch after half way. When we arrive to Norra Fjällnäs
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 34
km. The dogs and we will have out door or indoor 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 than we get a very nice and
fanny down hill to the lake Överstjuktan. We
go on a lake for 10 km and than 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 4 |
- 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 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 fairy tail
landscape of forest.We mush directly in to the dog
yard; we unharness the dogs and let them lose.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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