| Musher's Note |
- Sound of Silence II arose because this time of the
year is the time when the wilderness awakes from the
early winter. You will witness the birds coming back
from the south and tracks from wolverim, lynx and
perhaps from an early awoken bear. The sun is up longer
by now and you will enjoy the warm feeling from this
while you are mushing. Hence, our routes are also
longer, the tracks are smoother and harder, and the
dogs runs faster. On this tour we go up to the Norwegian
border.
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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 feed the dogs around 8.00 before we eat a nice
breakfast. The destination for this day is Dalovardo,
32 km. We go out on Tärnasjön Lake and after
that we follow a valley to Dalavardo lodge. This day
is a tough day for you all on the sled, this day you
will really learn to handle the sled probably for
the rest of the tour. This is also a beautiful day
with very nice scenery. We stay one night in Dalovardo
lodge in the Nature reserve of Vindelnmountains.
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| Mushing Day 4 |
- We will get up around 7.30 and go out and feed the
dogs.After that we have a nice breakfast. We harness
the dogs and are on our way around 10.30. This day
we mush to Vindelkroken and the Norwegian border.
We will have outdoor lunch before we take the same
tracks back to the lodge. Totally we mush around 40
km this day.
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| Mushing Day 5 |
- 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,
52 km. We will travel on the Vindelriver nearly all
the way down to Ammarnäs. We will have outdoor
or indoor lunch at Vitnjul 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 hotel in Ammarnäs, if you like we take
a sauna and shower before dinner. Overnight at the
hotel.
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| Mushing Day 6 |
- 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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| Icefishing / Rest Day 7 |
- 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 8 |
- 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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