Dog Sledding Tours In Alaska | Experience Mushing (2024)

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    You're speeding through Alaskan forest, sitting on a sled that's being pulled by some of Alaska's most powerful creatures. This is dog sledding—and it's not only an Alaskan tradition, but also a state obsession, one that's celebrated every March with the running of the 1,150-mile Iditarod Sled Dog Race from Anchorage to Nome. Taking a dogsledding excursion is a chance to see what the fuss is all about. You'll meet Iditarod racers and their dogs and hear what it's like to run this brutal race. And often, you'll experience the thrill of dogsledding first-hand.

    This is an outing you can do from Anchorage, Denali, Fairbanks, Girdwood, and Juneau. Options vary, but usually include touring the kennels of these champion dogs, seeing how they're trained, and cuddling their puppies. Many Iditarod racers and champions have tours, so you'll hear a first-person account of what it's like to travel through some of Alaska's harshest terrain. Most of these tours are great for kids, but they're geared for all ages.

    Three Different Kinds of Tours

    • Party on wheels (summer). You'll visit a kennel and be surrounded by the cacophony of dogs, meet team members and cuddle some of the puppies. You typically get to ride on one of the wheeled carts (on the ground, not snow) that the dogs use for training
    • Flying to, and riding on the snow (summer). You'll combine about 20 minutes of dog sledding on a glacier with either a fixed-wing plane or helicopter flightseeing trip. These trips are pricier: $250 and up.
    • Dog Mushing (winter). These trips are typically November - March, depending on snow conditions. You'll be given the option to ride in the sled or take your turn behind the sled and mush through the winter wonderland.

    Price Range

    $70+ summer kennel tours, $140+ winter dog mushing, $499+ summer glacier dog sledding

    Where to Go

    Here are the most common spots and a popular tours:

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    Denali National Park
    Fairbanks
    Gates of the Arctic National Park
    Skagway
    Seward
    Anchorage (Tours depart from nearby Girdwood and Willow)
    Big Lake
    Juneau

    Denali National Park

    Tours just 30-minutes south of Denali National Park

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    Squid Acres Kennel Dog Sledding Tours

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    Season: Year Round$125+ per person2-4 hrs

    Expe­ri­ence the thrill of the icon­ic Alaskan sport of dogsled­ding from vet­er­ans of the Idi­tar­od and Yukon Quest races! Oper­at­ing in sum­mer and win­ter from Cantwell, about a30-minute dri­ve south of Denali Nation­al Park, the pri­vate tours will be just you and your group, led by expert guides. Win­ter tours can involve learn­ing to dri­ve your own dog team or rid­ing out to see the north­ern lights. In sum­mer, the excit­ed dogs pull aside-by-side on...more

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    FairbanksView All

    Year-round tours in Fairbanks and near the North Pole; in winter take an exclusive aurora dog sledding trip

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    Paws for Adventure

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    Season: Winter & Fall$90+ per person30+ min - Multi-Day

    Take part in the thrill of win­ter and fall dog sled­ding out of Fair­banks. You’ll expe­ri­ence the sport with one of Alaska’s longest-run­ning dog tour com­pa­nies. Go for aride, attend mush­ing school, or go on amul­ti-day adven­ture to the his­toric Tolo­vana Roadhouse.

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    Iniakuk Lake Wilderness Lodge Aurora and Dogsled Expeditions

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    Season: February 20 - April 10$9,895+ per person, all-inclusive3-5 nights

    This fam­i­ly-owned, fly-in lux­u­ry wilder­ness lodge is 200miles north of Fair­banks and 60miles above the Arc­tic Cir­cle. Stays are all-inclu­sive and exclu­sive — they only accept one group at atime. Go dogsled­ding, snow­shoe­ing, or scan the skies for the north­ern lights. The lodge’s huge pic­ture win­dows make it easy to keep alook­out for the auro­ra from awarm, com­fort­able interior.

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    Arctic Dog Adventure Co.

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    Season: Year RoundSummer 2 hrs | Winter 2-7 days

    Vis­it the world’s old­est Siber­ian Husky ken­nel any time of the year with tour options rang­ing from acou­ple of hours in the sum­mer to mul­ti-day win­ter adven­tures explor­ing Fairbanks.

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    Rod’s Alaskan Guide Service Dog Sledding

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    Season: November–March (depending on snow conditions)$89+ per person1/2 - 4 hrs

    Glide over the snow on asled that’s being pulled by ateam of dogs — many of whom have run the Idi­tar­od, Yukon Quest, or oth­er races. Go with Rod’s Alaskan Guide Ser­vice and expe­ri­ence the thrill of dog sled­ding with dogs that love to run and pas­sion­ate mush­ers who will offer adeep­er under­stand­ing of this unique sport.

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    Black Spruce Dog Sledding

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    Season: Year Round$145+ Dogsled Tours1-3 hrs

    Plen­ty of peo­ple come to Fair­banks to look at the sky — for north­ern lights, or to bask in the mid­night sun. But this dog-mush­ing expe­ri­ence out­side of Fair­banks is proof that there’s plen­ty more of Fair­banks to be seen at eye — or even paw — lev­el. May through Octo­ber, take aa trail ride with 16 dogs hitched up to an ATV. Novem­ber through April, take amush­ing tour through thesnow!

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    Gates of the Arctic National ParkView All

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    Iniakuk Lake Wilderness Lodge Aurora and Dogsled Expeditions

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    Season: February 20 - April 10$9,895+ per person, all-inclusive3-5 nights

    This fam­i­ly-owned, fly-in lux­u­ry wilder­ness lodge is 200miles north of Fair­banks and 60miles above the Arc­tic Cir­cle. Stays are all-inclu­sive and exclu­sive — they only accept one group at atime. Go dogsled­ding, snow­shoe­ing, or scan the skies for the north­ern lights. The lodge’s huge pic­ture win­dows make it easy to keep alook­out for the auro­ra from awarm, com­fort­able interior.

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    SkagwayView All

    Glacier dog sledding in summer

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    TEMSCO Skagway Dog Sledding and Glacier Flightseeing by Helicopter

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    Season: May - September$629+2 hrs

    Dog sled­ding on aglac­i­er is the ulti­mate blend of Alaskan adven­ture, as you also get there by heli­copter! Board aTEM­SCO flight that whisks you thou­sands of feet above sea lev­el to the Den­ver glac­i­er and adog mush­ing camp hid­den away on asnow field, where Alaskan sled dogs will greet you ener­get­i­cal­ly, ready to take you on the ride of yourlife.

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    SewardView All

    Meet with sled dogs in their kennel and take a wheeled cart ride through forested Resurrection River Valley or take a fly-in glacier tour

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    Seavey's IdidaRide Sled Dog Tours

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    Season: Mid-May to Mid-September$99+1.5 to 6 hrs

    Vis­it Idi­tar­od cham­pi­on Mitch Seavey’s home­stead, home to three gen­er­a­tions of Idi­tar­od mush­ers. Expe­ri­ence an excit­ing two-mile dog sled ride, tour the rac­ing ken­nel, meet the dogs, cud­dle adorable husky pup­pies, and lis­ten to sto­ries from the Idi­tar­od trail. Then climb aboard acus­tom-designed sled; an Idi­tar­od race fin­ish­er dri­ves you through rain­for­est to ariv­er-cut canyon sur­round­ed by mountains.

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    Anchorage (Tours depart from nearby Girdwood and Willow)View All

    Tours depart from nearby Girdwood (45 min drive) or Willow (1.5 hr drive). Several companies provide a shuttle from Anchorage.

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    Glacier Dog Sledding with Alaska Helicopter Tours

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    $599+1.5 - 2.25 hrs

    Stun­ning scenery, athrilling ride and hap­py pup­pies: this tour out of the Anchor­age area offers an unbeat­able com­bi­na­tion of clas­sic Alas­ka expe­ri­ences that will delight fam­i­lies or — real­ly, any­body. Tak­ing atotal of about 90min­utes, and run­ning from mid-May to ear­ly Sep­tem­ber, this tour includes aFlight­see­ing round trip, asmall friend­ly group envi­ron­ment, and plen­ty of one-on-one time with the dogs and their mushers.

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    Susitna Dog Sled Adventures

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    Season: Year Round$60+1-2 hrs

    Find out what this icon­ic Alaskan sport is all about when you meet the dogs and learn about rac­ing them with Susit­na Dog Sled Adven­tures out of Tal­keet­na. Come in win­ter and you can also hop on asled to real­ly feel what dog mush­ing islike!

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    Alaska Mushing School

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    Season: Winter$169+1 - 8 hours

    Expe­ri­ence the excite­ment of rac­ing cham­pi­on sled dogs at the Alas­ka Mush­ing School, just 75min­utes from Anchor­age. Get aprofessional’s insight into the mush­ing lifestyle as you ride behind ateam of ener­getic sled dogs on trails con­nect­ed to the famous Idi­tar­od route. Bun­dle up and ride in com­fort, or brave the cold and dri­ve the team yourself!

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    Salmon Berry Tours Dog Sledding

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    Season: November - March$329+8 - 9 hrs

    Every­body loves sled dogs, and Salmon Berry Tours offers you the chance to get behind the sled year-round. In sum­mer and win­ter, you’ll head to the ken­nel of Idi­tar­od Cham­pi­on Dal­las Seavey, where you’ll see agear demon­stra­tion, meet the dogs, and ride on the sled behind them. They also have amul­ti-day adven­ture for Idi­tar­od enthusiasts.

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    Happy Trails Kennel Dog Sled Tours

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    Season: Year Round$55 Summer | $179+ Winter

    Get an insider’s look at the icon­ic Alaskan sport of dog mush­ing when you vis­it Hap­py Trails Ken­nel in Big Lake, oper­at­ed by four-time Idi­tar­od cham­pi­on (and mem­ber of the Alas­ka Sports Hall of Fame) Mar­tin Buser. You can vis­it year-round; come in win­ter and you can expe­ri­ence the thrill of dog mush­ing your­self on adog sledride!

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    Alpine Air Alaska - Girdwood Glacier Dogsledding

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    Season: May 15 - Aug 31$5792 hrs

    Ratch­et up the adven­ture fac­tor and try your hand at dogsled­ding. Alpine Air Alas­ka flies to adog camp run by the old­est estab­lished dog-sled tour busi­ness in Alas­ka. With ashut­tle option avail­able from Anchor­age, you’ll trav­el by heli­copter from Girdwood’s green forests up over asmall sad­dle to land on aglac­i­er and be intro­duced to the dog team. Dri­ve” the dogs your­self, or sit in the sled and enjoy hang­ing glac­i­ers that sur­roundyou....more

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    Snowhook Adventure Guides of Alaska: Dog Sled Tours

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    Season: Year RoundSummer: $75+ | Winter: $150+2+ hrs

    Win­ter or sum­mer, expe­ri­ence the thrill of run­ning Idi­tar­od sled dogs and even have achance to dri­ve! Meet the sled dogs and hear first-hand just what it’s like to run the Iditarod.

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    Alaskan Husky Adventures

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    Season: Year Round$69+1-3.5 hrs

    Sum­mer or win­ter, vis­it afam­i­ly-run cham­pi­on ken­nel, meet friend­ly dogs and an expe­ri­enced mush­er for aride along pri­vate trails with views of Denali. Opt to ride in the sled or mush your own. Or, for atru­ly authen­tic adven­ture, go on atrain­ing run for the Idi­tar­od! Large groups and spe­cial events wel­come when orga­nized in advance.

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    Girdwood Summer Sled Dog Adventure

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    Vis­it and snug­gle real Idi­tar­od sled dogs with their mush­er on this unique sum­mer­time tour. After tour­ing their ken­nel, you’ll har­ness up and explore trails along Gird­wood’s moun­tains which offer spec­tac­u­lar views while your guide offers fas­ci­nat­ing gold min­ing his­to­ry in thearea.

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    Big LakeView All

    Located just an hour and half north of Anchorage

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    Happy Trails Kennel Dog Sled Tours

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    Season: Year Round$55 Summer | $179+ Winter

    Get an insider’s look at the icon­ic Alaskan sport of dog mush­ing when you vis­it Hap­py Trails Ken­nel in Big Lake, oper­at­ed by four-time Idi­tar­od cham­pi­on (and mem­ber of the Alas­ka Sports Hall of Fame) Mar­tin Buser. You can vis­it year-round; come in win­ter and you can expe­ri­ence the thrill of dog mush­ing your­self on adog sledride!

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    Alaska Mushing School

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    Season: Winter$169+1 - 8 hours

    Expe­ri­ence the excite­ment of rac­ing cham­pi­on sled dogs at the Alas­ka Mush­ing School, just 75min­utes from Anchor­age. Get aprofessional’s insight into the mush­ing lifestyle as you ride behind ateam of ener­getic sled dogs on trails con­nect­ed to the famous Idi­tar­od route. Bun­dle up and ride in com­fort, or brave the cold and dri­ve the team yourself!

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    JuneauView All

    Take a glacier dog sled across a glacier

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    TEMSCO Mendenhall Dog Sledding

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    Season: May - September$659+1.5 hrs

    Hop on aTEM­SCO heli­copter for an Alaskan adven­ture com­bin­ing avi­a­tion, sled dogs and mas­sive glac­i­ers. Get an amaz­ing view of the gor­geous land­scape sur­round­ing Juneau, and then ride along as an ener­getic team of huskies tours you around the ancient, snow-packed Menden­hall glacier.

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    Season: May - September$359+2-3 hrs

    Atour aboard aTEM­SCO heli­copter offers beau­ti­ful views of Alaska’s Cap­i­tal City, and up-close explo­ration of Menden­hall, one of the state’s most acces­si­ble glac­i­ers. Look out on alpine lakes, moraines, and crevass­es before you land and check out the Juneau Ice­field for yourself.

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    NorthStar Helicopters Glacier Dog Sled Adventure

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    Season: May 06 to Aug 31 Call for rates

    Get great views with some hands-on fun — com­bine ascenic flight­see­ing heli­copter tour with the exhil­a­ra­tion of dog mush­ing on aglac­i­er with ateam of Alaskan Sleddogs!

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