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.
 

Lodge Trips

4-Night Lodge-based Options

 

GOOD

BETTER-"DLX"

BEST-"Star"

3-Night  Trips

Workshop

# of guests on trip

 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 Package Rates


$975 Sun-Thur
Kids/Teens $775-$875

$1075 Wed-Sun
Kids/Teens $875-$975


Adults
$1225 - $1375

Teens $1025-$1175


Adults
$1475-$1575


Adults $875

 

Kids/Teens $675-$775

PHOTO:$1575/$1375

PARENT-CHILD: $1875/pair

CME Seminar $1750

Click Here for a pintable 1-page list of all of our 2012-2013 Trip Details, Dates & Rates

2012-2013 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.  

4-night "GOOD" Lodge-based Vacations 
8 per trip, private dbl rooms, shared baths

Sat Dec 15  - Wed Dec 19  $975
Wed Dec 19 – Sun Dec 23 $1075
Sun Dec 23 - Thur Dec 27 $1175

Wed Jan 2 – Sun Jan 6  $975
Wed Jan 9 – Sun Jan 13 $1075
Wed Jan 23 -Sun Jan 27  $1175
Wed Jan 30 - Sun Feb 3 $1175

Wed Feb 20 – Sun Feb 24 $1175
Wed Feb 27 – Sun Mar 3 $1175

Wed Mar 6 – Sun Mar 10 $1175
Wed Mar 13 – Sun Mar 17 $1175 
Wed Mar 20 – Sun Mar 24 $1075 

*Discount reflect early season lodging rates

Deluxe 4-night "BETTER"
Lodge-based Vacations

6 per trip, private dbl bdrms & private baths, Wed - Sun
            
Wed Dec 19 -Sun Dec 23  $1275
Sun Dec 23 -Thur Dec 27 $1375
Fri Dec 28–Tue Jan 1 $1475

Wed Jan 9 – Sun Jan 13 $1275
Wed Jan 16 - Sun Jan 20  $1375
Wed Jan 23-Sun Jan 27 $1375
Wed Jan 30 - Sun Feb 3  $1375

Wed Feb 6 -Sun Feb 10  $1375
 Thur Feb 14-Mon Feb 18  $1475 (Pres. Holiday)
Wed Feb 20-Sun Feb 24 $1375
Wed Feb 27 – Sun Mar 3 $1375

Wed Mar 6-Sun Mar 10 $1375
Wed Mar 13 – Sun Mar 17 $1375
Wed Mar 20-Sun Mar 24  $1275

*Discount reflect early season lodging rates

Star of North 4-night "BEST"
Lodge-based Vacations

4 per trip, private suites &/or
lakeshore log cabins, Wed-Sun 

Wed Dec 19 - Sun Dec 23 $1475
Sun Dec 23 –Thur Dec 27 $1575
Fri Dec 28 – Tue Jan 1 $1675

Wed Jan 9 – Sun Jan 13 $1475
Wed Jan 16-Sun Jan 20 $1575
Wed Jan 23-Sun Jan 27  $1575

Wed Feb 6 -Sun Feb 10  $1575
Wed Feb 20 -Sun Feb 24 $1575
Wed Feb 27 – Sun Mar 3 $1575

Wed Mar 6 - Sun Mar 10 $1575
Wed Mar 20 – Sun Mar 24 $1475

*Discount reflect early season lodging rates

 3-night Lodge-based Trips

8 per trip, private bedrooms,
shared bathrooms 

Sat Dec 15 - Tue Dec 18 $775
Sun Dec 23 - Wed Dec 26 $975
Wed Dec 26 - Sat Dec 29 $975
Sat Dec 29 - Tue Jan 1 $975

 Thur Jan 3 –Sun Jan 6  $775
 Thur Jan 10 - Sun Jan 13 $875
 Thur Jan 24 - Sun Jan 27 $975

 Thur Feb 21 - Sun Feb 24 $975
 Thur Feb 28 - Sun Mar 3 $975

 Thur Mar 7 - Sun Mar 10 $975
 Thur Mar 14 - Sun Mar 17 $975
 Thur Mar 21 - Sun Mar 24 $875

Wed Dec

Wintergreen Workshops
4 & 5 Night Lodge-based Dogsled Vacations

Dogsled Trips for Parent-Child Pairs, 4 nights 
with campcraft, storytelling & writing:: 

--Parent-Child Trip, $1875/ pair
 Thur Jan 17 - Mon Jan 21 MLK Holiday  FULL

--Parent-Child Trip, $1875/pair
 Thur Feb 14- Mon Feb 18 Pres. Holiday FULL

Dogsled Trip & Photo Workshop, 5 nights 
with Layne Kennedy
Sun Jan 27-Fri Feb 1
5 nights, $1575/adult

CME Medical Workshop
with Dr. Tom Viren
Dates PENDING 
5 nights, $1750 & discounted family rate

Beginning Dogsled Camping
5 nights (1st & last in lodge, 3 nights camping 

Tue Dec 18-Sun Dec 23 $1075


 Thur Dec 27-Tue Jan 1 $1275
 

Wed Jan 16-Mon Jan 21 $1175 MLK Holiday


Wed Feb 13 - Mon Feb 18 $1175 Presidents Holiday
 

Tue Mar 12-Sun Mar 17 $1075
  
 

Advanced Dogsled & Ski Camping 
6 nights (1st & last in lodge, 4 nights camping

 

Dog PulkingTrip
Mon Jan 28-Sun Feb 3 $975


Heart of the Winter Wilderness Loop
Mon Jan 28-Sun Feb 3 $1275


February Director's Choice 
Mon Feb 18 - Sun Feb 24  $1275
 

March Director's Choice
Mon Mar 4-Sun Mar 10  $1275 

2013 Arctic Trips

Contact us for details:

Dogsled Hudson Bay to Churchill
10 days, Mar 29 - Apr 7, $3400

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"
 


Dogsled Svalbard Island in Norway's Arctic
8 days, April 25-May 2, $4,900

6 days dogsled camping across the High Arctic's most beautiful island, includes 2 nights in world's northernmost town & optional Norway mainland tour