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Choosing Your Trip |
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Here are some factors to consider in choosing your trip:
Age & experience: These don't matter. People ages 5-85 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.
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.
Lodge Trips | 4-Night Lodge-based Options |
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BETTER-"DLX" | BEST-"Star" |
3-Night Trips |
Workshops | Typ. group size Typical ages | 8 Adults/Teens/Kids | 6 Adults/Teens | 4 Adults | 8 Adults/Teens/Kids | 8 - 10 Adults/Teens/Kids |
Lodging & Bathrooms | Shared Baths Private Room/Pair Sngl occup. +$100 | Private Bath/Pair Priv Room/Pair Sngl occ: Ask | Private Baths Private Suites Sngl occ: Ask | Shared Baths Private Room/Pair Sngl occup. +$75 | Shared Baths Private Room/Pair Sngl occup: Ask |
Meals | Family-Style Hearty | Family-Style Fine Dining | Family-Style & Gourmet | Family-style Hearty | Family-style Hearty | Peak Season Adult / Age 5-16 | $1075 / $975 | $1275 / $1175 | $1475 / $1375 | $875 / $575-$775 | PHOTO:$1475/$1375 PARENT-CHILD: $1775/pair CME $1750 |
Click Here for a pintable 1-page list of all of our 2009-2010 Trip Details, Dates & Rates
2010-2011 Wintergreen Trips MASTER LIST.
Check in is 4-6 pm first day, check out 9-11 am last day. Package rates, per adult. $100-$300 off for youth 5-16. 4-night "GOOD” Lodge-based Vacations 8 per trip, private dbl rooms, shared baths
Wed Dec 15-Sun Dec 19 $875* Sat Dec 18 – Wed Dec 22 $975 Wed Dec 22-Sun Dec 26 $1075 Wed Dec 29 – Sun Jan 2 $1175 Wed Jan 5 -Sun Jan 9 $975 ThurJan13 – Mon Jan 17 $975 MLK Holiday Wed Jan 19 -Sun Jan 23 $975
Wed Feb 2 -Sun Feb 6 $1075 Wed Feb 9 -Sun Feb 13 $1075 Wed Feb 23-Sun Feb 27 $1075 Sun Feb 28 -Thur Mar 4 $975
Wed Mar 2 - Sun Mar 6 $1075 Wed Mar 9 – Sun Mar 13 $1075 Wed Mar 16-Sun Mar 20 $1075 Sun Mar 20–Thur Mar 24 $975*
*Early & late season trips reflect discounted lodging rates | Deluxe 4-night “BETTER” Lodge-based Vacations
6 per trip, private dbl bdrms & private baths, Wed - Sun Wed Dec 15-SunDec19 $1075* Sat Dec 18-Wed Dec 22 $1175 Wed Dec 22-Sun Dec 26 $1275 Wed Dec 29-Sun Jan 2 $1375
Wed Jan 5 - Sun Jan 9 $1175 Wed Jan 19-Sun Jan 23 $1175 Wed Jan 26-Sun Jan 30 $1175
Wed Feb 2 -Sun Feb 6 $1275 Wed Feb 9 -Sun Feb 13 $1275 Thur Feb17-MonFeb21 $1375 Presidents Holiday Wed Feb 23-Sun Feb 27 $1275 Wed Mar 2 - Sun Mar 6 $1275 Wed Mar 9-Sun Mar 13 $1275 Wed Mar 16-Sun Mar 20 $1275 Sun Mar20–Thur Mar24 $1175*
*Early & late season trips reflect discounted lodging rates | Star of North 4-night "BEST" Lodge-based Vacations
4 per trip, private suites &/or lakeshore log cabins, Wed-Sun
Wed Dec15-Sun Dec19 $1275* Wed Dec 22-Sun Dec 26 $1475 Wed Dec 29-Sun Jan 2 $1575
Wed Jan 5 - Sun Jan 9 $1375 Wed Jan 19-Sun Jan 23 $1375
Wed Feb 2 - Sun Feb 6 $1475 Wed Feb 9 -Sun Feb 13 $1475 Wed Feb 23-Sun Feb 27 $1475 Wed Mar 2 - Sun Mar 6 $1475 Wed Mar 9-Sun Mar 13 $1475 Sat Mar 19–Wed Mar23 $1375*
*Early & late season trips reflect discounted lodging rates | 3-night Lodge-based Trips
8 per trip, private bedrooms, shared bathrooms, Sun-Wed,/ThurSun
ThurDec16-Sun Dec19 $675* Sat Dec 18-Tue Dec21 $875 SunDec26-Wed Dec29 $975
Sun Jan 2–Wed Jan 5 $875 Thur Jan 6–Sun Jan 9 $875 Fri Jan 14–MonJan17 $875 MLK Day
Thur Feb 3 –Sun Feb 6 $875 SunFeb13-WedFeb16 $875 SunFeb20–WedFeb23 $875 Sun Feb27–Wed Mar2 $875
Sun Mar 6-Wed Mar 9 $875 SunMar13-Wed Mar16 $875 ThurMar17–Sun Mar20$875 SunMar20-WedMar 23 $775* | Wintergreen Workshops 4 & 5 Night Lodge-to-Lodge Vacations Dogsled Trips for Parent-Child Pairs, 4 nights with campcraft, storytelling & writing::
--Parent-Child Trip, $1775/ pair Thur Jan 13 - Mon Jan 17 MLK Holiday
--Parent-Child Trip, $1775/pair Thur Feb 17- Mon Feb 21 Pres. Holiday
Dogsled Trip & Photo Workshop, 5 nights with Layne Kennedy Tues Jan 25 - Sun Jan 30 5 nights, $1475/adult
CME Medical Workshop with Dr. Tom Viren Sun Mar 13 - Fri Mar 18, 5 nights, $1750 & discounted family rate | Beginning Dogsled Camping 5 nights (1st & last in lodge plus 3 nights camping) Sat Dec 18 – Thur Dec 23 $1075
Tue Dec 28-Sun Jan 2 $1175 NewYears
Wed Jan 12–Mon Jan17 $1075 MLK Holiday
Tue Feb 1 -Sun Feb 6 $1075
Wed Feb16-Mon Feb 21 $1175 Presidents Holiday
Tue Mar 1 - Sun Mar 6 $1075
Tue Mar 15-Sun Mar 20 $1075
| Advanced Camping 6 nights (1st & last in lodge & 4 nights camping) Dog Ski-Journing//Pulking Trip Mon Jan 24-Sun Jan 30 $875
Heart of the Winter Wilderness Loop Mon Jan 24-Sun Jan 30 $1175
February Director’s Choice Tue Feb 15-MonFeb21 $1275 Pres Day March Director’s Choice Mon Mar 7-Sun Mar 13 $1275 | 2011 Arctic Trips
Contact us for details: Dogsled Hudson Bay to Churchill 9 days, Mar 25 – Apr 2, $2900 7 days dogsled camping along Polar Bear National Park and the Arctic Ocean’s Hudson Bay Overnight at Northern Studies Center 2 days in Churchill 2 nights on famous “Tundra Train”
PLUS A pending trip to Arctic Norway (Svalbard) |
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