Dog Sledding Tours in the Yukon

Starting Fridays from January to the mid of April. 

DAY 1: We pick you up in Whitehorse, then drive about 45 minutes to Lake Laberge where you meet the dog teams. After basic instructions on driving a dog sled, we will head out to the lake with the dog teams. We will stop for a campfire lunch on the way home. Overnight is at our wilderness cabins.

DAY 2: Another day of dog sledding on spectacular trails, with a campfire picnic lunch! Overnight in cabins.

DAY 3: Return by dog team across the lake after breakfast. Transfer to Whitehorse airport in time for afternoon flights.

Dates start Sundays from January to the beginning of April.

DAY 1: We pick you up in Whitehorse, Yukon, then drive about 45 minutes to Lake Laberge where we meet the dog teams. Guests receive basic instruction on how to drive a dog sled, before mushing a small dog team across the lake to our wilderness cabins and sled dog kennel. After unhooking the dogs and eating a hot lunch, we hold an afternoon “sled school” where you learn techniques for driving a dog team on forest and hill trails.

DAY 2: On Day 2 of your dog sled adventure, we set off with our dog teams on spectacular forest and hill trails overlooking Lake Laberge. Lunch is a campfire cook-out. Return to the home cabins for dinner and overnight. (Approximately 4 hours on the trail.)

DAY 3 and 4: You will explore beautiful trails by dog team while continuing to build a connection with your dogs and improve your mushing skills. We stop for a campfire cook-out or picnic lunch part-way. About 5 to 6 hours per day on the trail. (Note: time estimates are approximate.)

In the evenings, we visit around the dining room table, spend time at your own cabin, or assist with the evening dog feeding. Late at night, you can head outside to look for Northern Lights. 

DAY 5: On the return day, you have some free time in the morning to enjoy the wilderness setting before we hook up the dog teams and mush back across the lake to meet the van/truck that returns you to Whitehorse. 

Starting Sundays from January to the beginning of April.

DAY 1: We pick you up in Whitehorse, then drive about 45 minutes to Lake Laberge where you meet the dog teams. You will receive basic instructions on driving a dog sled, before mushing a small dog team across the lake to the home cabins. After unhooking the dogs and having a hot lunch, there is an afternoon “sled school”. You learn techniques for driving a dog sled on forest and hill trails as well as how to be a good partner to your team.

DAY 2: Today is your first taste of "bush-trail" mushing. We set off with small teams as you try out the mushing techniques learned on Day 1 and get the feel of working with your team. Lunch is a campfire cook-out. Return to the home cabins for dinner and overnight. 

DAY 3 and 4: Travel new trails each day as you improve your mushing skills and build a connection with your dogs. We stop for a campfire cook-out or picnic lunch part way. About 5 to 6 hours per day on the trail. (Note: time estimates are approximate.) Dinner and overnight at the home cabins.

DAY 5 and 6: By now, you should be feeling pretty comfortable on the back of the sled! We hit the road, traveling father in a day exploring further afield on more challenging trails. The scenery includes a winter wonderland of lakes, ridges, forests, hills, and meadows with mountains in the background.

Returning to the home cabin each night gives you the freedom and flexibility of choosing to go out on a day's run or take a rest. If you're looking to put in as many miles as possible behind your dog team, you can be out there every day. Others may opt-in for a rest day and a chance to enjoy the peace of the wilderness setting with a hot drink and a book by the wood stove or to walk around taking photographs. Some guests may also enjoy a chance to hop on the guide's sled as a passenger one day. 

Our cabin is set in a beautiful, secluded location, best to observe the dark sky each night and look for northern lights.  The cabins are located at the edge of a little meadow, which allows a wide view of the sky.  Just behind the cabins is a hill that one can climb for a view overlooking the lake. On a clear moonlit night, you can see mountains 60 miles (100 km) away.  Looking for the aurora is like looking for gold - it is where you find it. You may see the northern lights or not, but even if you don't, the stars are an amazing view all by themselves.

DAY 7: There is time for enjoying the wilderness setting, taking pictures, and spending time with some favorite dogs before we hook up the dog teams one last time. We will mush the dog teams back across Lake Laberge to meet the truck/van that takes you back to Whitehorse.

Accommodations are simple wilderness living at our homestead.  The base lodge is 10 km from the nearest road, so guests arrive and leave in the winter by dog sled or snowmobile.  

We have two guest cabins which are log cabins with wood stoves and one guest cabin which is a frame cabin heated by a small gas furnace. There are no showers on site.  Toilets are clean outhouses set back in the trees near each cabin.  This facility is for people looking for simple living, and cozy cabins in a beautiful setting. 

This unique location offers guests a taste of wilderness living as well as a dog sledding experience. With no road access to our home and cabins on the east side of Lake Laberge, you arrive and leave by dog team (or occasionally snow machine). We are "off the grid", so lighting comes from candlelight at supper and breakfast or from 12-volt battery lights, which are charged by solar panels or small generators.

Water for your washing needs is hauled in buckets from the creek that flows behind our house. For warm wash water, you can heat water on the wood stove in your cabin (or if staying in the little cabin, which has a small propane furnace, your hot water will be sent down with you in insulated bottles). Cold drinking water comes from a well. A trip to the outhouse behind your cabin is an opportunity to enjoy the mountain scenery or look at the stars - or even watch the northern lights if they are out.

There is the ability to charge camera batteries from the generator at our family’s house.  The cabins have lights operated from a 12-volt battery system.   Meals at the cabins would be inside our kitchen cabin. 

All meals are included while on the tour. Special diets can be accommodated with advanced notice.