Choosing Your Dogsled Trip
Here are some factors to consider in choosing your trip:
Age & Experience: These don't matter. People ages 6-85 have enjoyed our trips. Most of our guests have never dogsledded before (and some have never seen snow!). No experience is needed.
Fitness & Health: Dogsledding accommodates persons of virtually any fitness level. However, if you are seriously out-of-shape (for example, if you find walking a mile to be exhausting), then our trips may be too challenging. If you have basic fitness (that is, if you could walk 2-3 miles without much difficulty), then you'd enjoy any of our lodge-to-lodge trips. If you're moderately fit or better (and could handle, for example, a 5-mile walk), then our camping trips would be a fit for you as well. If you have concerns about your fitness, please feel free to discuss them with us. We're happy to accommodate any dietary requests and various health conditions and disabilities.
Singles, 3-Somes & Groups: Most of guests come as pairs but we're happy to accommodate singles on our 3- & 4-night "good" lodge trips and our camping trips. We can generally accommodate 3-somes on any trips and groups of 4 or more can book their own private custom trip
"Good," "Better," "Best" Lodge Trips: All feature a similar amount of dogsledding, as well as great meals & lodging. The "Good" trips (8 guests) involve private bedrooms and shared bathrooms. The "Better" trips (6 guests) involve private bedrooms & private bathrooms for each pair of guests. The "Best' trips (4 guests) involve private suites or private cabins for each pair of guests, plus gourmet dinners. The smaller group size of the "Better" and "Best" trips also means the guides are better able to tailor each day's dogsledding itinerary to guest interests. Our "Good," "Better" & "Best" 4-night trips are generally offered every p.m. Wednesday to a.m. Sundays. The 3-night trips, offered p.m. Sundays to a.m. Wednesdays, are similar to our 4-night "Good" trips but are simply a day shorter and feature family pricing. On our "Workshop" trips, the dogsledding, meals & lodges are similar to our 4-night "good" trips but include instruction and training in photography or creative writing & campcrafts.
Camping vs. Lodge Trips: Our "Beginning" camping trips include as much dogsledding as our 4-night lodge trips, plus many more experiences. So if you're moderately fit, feeling adventurous and want to go for the "gusto," choose a camping trip. Age doesn't matter -- kids and seniors enjoy our camping trips as much as our lodge trips. Our "Advanced" trips are even more adventurous and involve skiing or snowshoeing in addition to dogsledding. Our Arctic trips rank somewhere between our "Beginning" and "Advanced" trips in terms of challenge. The dogsledding and camping logistics are similar to our "Beginning" trips but the arctic setting is, of course, vastly more remote & exotic.
Our lodge trips are compared in the chart below, followed by the dates and rates for all trips to help you choose the one that's best for you. Still not sure which trip to choose? Just call us: 877-753-3386. If money is the issue, let us know if you can go "standby." We'll alert you to openings offered at a substantial discount if cancellations occur within a few weeks of a trip.
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Lodge Trips |
4-Night Lodge-based Options |
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GOOD |
BETTER-"DLX" |
BEST-"Star" |
3-Night Trips |
Workshop |
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# of guests on trip Ages |
8 |
6 |
4 |
8 |
8 - 10 |
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Lodging & Bathrooms |
Shared Baths |
Private Bath/Pair |
Private Baths |
Shared Baths |
Shared Baths |
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Meals |
Family-Style |
Family-Style |
Family-Style & Gourmet |
Family-style |
Family-style |
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Peak Season Package Rates |
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Kids/Teens $675-$775 |
PHOTO:$1575/$1375
PARENT-CHILD: $1875/pair |
Click Here for a pintable 1-page list of all of our 2011-2012 Trip Details, Dates & Rates
2011-2012 Wintergreen Trips MASTER LIST
Check in is 4-6 pm first day, check out 9-11 am last day. Package rates, per adult. $100-$200 off for youth 6-17.
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4-night "GOOD" Lodge-based Vacations |
Deluxe 4-night "BETTER"
6 per trip, private dbl bdrms & private baths, Wed - Sun |
Star of North 4-night "BEST"
4 per trip, private suites &/or |
3-night Lodge-based Trips
8 per trip, private bedrooms,
Thur Dec 15-Sun Dec 18 $675*
Thur Mar 1 - Sun Mar 4 $875 *Discount reflect early & late season lodging rates |
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Wintergreen Workshops
Dogsled Trips for Parent-Child Pairs, 4 nights |
Beginning Dogsled Camping
Wed Jan 11-Mon Jan 16 $1175 MLK Holiday FULL Tue Mar 13-Sun Mar 18 $1075
Tue Mar 13-Sun Mar 18 $1075
Tue Mar 13-Sun Mar 18 $1075 |
Advanced Dogsled & Ski Camping
Dog PulkingTrip
March Director's Choice |
2012 Arctic Trips
Dogsled Hudson Bay to Churchill |