Mushers: Fred, Jennifer, Bobbie Jo, and Greg Drive your own dogsled through the wilderness of the Hiawatha National Forest Dogsledding Tours start December 1st
and run to April 30th Wilderness Trail Outfitters offers dog sledding trips of 2 hours, 4 hours, 1 day (6 hours), two days, and Wilderness Experience Overnight Tours of 2 days or more. On the overnight tours, you will drive your own dogsled to a wilderness lodge where you will spend the night and then dog sled back the next day on a different trail. Located just off Federal Forest Highway 13, 23 miles west of Manistique and 15.6 miles north of US-2 in the central Upper Peninsula of Michigan. (Map). Fifty four highly trained dogs will happily take you down the trail on your adventure. Watch carefully when the dogs are being hooked up to the sled. All is quiet until we go to get the first dog, then barking and chaos and the dogs are soon ready to run. The air is electrified by the excitement of these incredible dogs. Once you start on down the trail, the dogs move swiftly and quietly, doing what they love the most. You silently slide through the deep forests, experiencing the sheer magic of dogsledding.
You will learn all aspects of mushing, including commands, braking, steering the sled and how to care for your team. You will feel a kinship with your dogs as you travel through the north woods. Wilderness Trail Outfitters maintains about 300 miles of dogsled trails, guaranteeing that you will not see the same trail twice in a row. Some customers do request to travel certain trails provided the weather conditions are right, and we will do everything we can to accommodate you on your wilderness dogsled adventure. Wilderness Trail Outfitters offers dog sledding for beginning, intermediate and advanced mushers. For beginners, there is a short class in dogsledding before we start out.
Two Hour, 4 Hour, and One Day Tours are based on 2 people per sled. Day trips run with teams of 6-8 dogs. There are only a given number of tours we can run during the season so make your reservations now. Tours start December 1st and run to April 30th (weather permitting). 2 Hour Tour - $ 95.00 per person 4 Hour Tour - $135.00 per person One Day Tour (6 hours) - $170.00 per person. We can make the arrangements if you need an additional nights lodging, be sure to ask us about this. Overnight Packages The Packages listed below are in a general form as we try to modify them to make your wilderness dogsled adventure an awesome experience. All inclusive Package prices are approximate. We found that we end up customizing these tours. Package accommodations are at the Hiawatha Resort and Campground and Kenbuck Resort.
One Person Packages -
$265.00 per person, Two (2) full days of dogsledding - $530.00 per person.
Price is based on 2 persons per sled so you may be teamed up
with someone. If you wish to travel alone add $200.00. Two Person Packages -
One full day of dogsledding. $530.00 per couple Wilderness Tours are only
available on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
If you have a destination where you would like to go dogsledding, let us know and we will try to work out a trip for you. You tell us where you want to go and we will try to arrange it. Prices vary. Alaskan Husky Dogs and Puppies For Sale We have adult dogs for sale and adoption that will make excellent pets. Puppies: We offer Alaskan Husky puppies for sale. All are bred to be working pets. These pups make good pets as they are not agressive and love children. All pups: $275.00 We also offer trained working pet pups that will be for sale the fall and early winter of 2006. They will be trained to pull and know basic commands. They will pull you on a bike, wagon, cart, or dog sled. Price: $1250.00 per pup.
Want to meet our dogs and learn about dog sledding but cannot visit us during the winter? Kennel Tours begin
June 15th. Fall Training
Runs: September 1st through the end of
November. Directions: Wilderness Trail Outfitters is located in the central part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the Hiawatha National Forest on Federal Forest Highway 13. 24 miles directly south of Munising or 23 miles west of Manistique and 15.6 miles north of Highway US-2. Turn right (east) off of Forest Highway at the mailbox and follow the signs for 1.5 miles to the Forest Outpost. for more information
More information about the Wilderness Trail Outfitters Dogsledding Tours can be found at their website: www.wildernesstrailoutfitters.com
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