4-Night Dogsled Vacations for Parent/Grandparent-Child Pairs
Since 1997, Wintergreen has offered this very special parent-child experience -- for pairs involving a parent (mother or father or grandparent) and daughter or son (ages 7-12). It ranks among our popular trips. For school scheduling convenience, this special itinerary is offered over both MLK school holiday weekend and President's Holiday weekend.
Each parent-child pair gets their own dog team to enjoy 3 days of dogsledding together (and their own private double bedroom in our lodge). Each group includes 4 or 5 pairs. Each trip date can accommodate up to 2 groups so, depending upon registrations, we can sometimes arrange separate parent-daughter and parent-son itineraries.
We call these trips a "Wintergreen Workshop" because in addition to dogsledding each day, each evening the kids (and parents if they like!) enjoy group games and workshops with a focus of journaling, camp crafts, and storytelling. The itinerary of these trips is similar to our 4-night "Good" dogsled vacations with the added fun and learning of the evening games and workshop.
An extraordinary experience to share with your child! As one father participant noted: "This was by far the best experience I've ever shared with my daughter. Our relationship took a quantum leap & so did her confidence!"
- Each parent-child pair gets to mush their own team of our friendly Eskimo dogs on beautiful wilderness trails
- Each pair gets to feed & care for their dogs as much as they'd like (and help with the puppy pen as well!)
- Each trip typically includes 4-5 parent-child pairs and 2-3 Wintergreen guides
- Includes 3 days of guided dogsledding with visits to sites of scenic, historic and wildlife interest
- Includes 4 nights at Wintergreen Lodge or 4 nights at Timber Trail Lodge's Diamond Willow retreat
- Private double-occupancy bedroom provided for each pair, bathrooms are shared
- Indoor lunch 1st day; campfire trailside lunches on other days plus snack & beverage breaks
- Dinners generally prepared by our professional chef, served family-style
- Evening socializing around the fireplace, group games, journaling and Northwoods stories with your guides
- Creative writing, storytelling & campcrafts workshops
- Optional chance to try snowshoeing, skiing, ski-jouring and our traditional Finnish sauna
- A special welcoming dinner on your first night and send-off brunch on the final "Musher's Graduation" morning
- Free tickets to view timberwolves in a woodland enclosure at Ely's International Wolf Center
- Rental clothing & boots available as need in both adults and kids sizes
2023 Trip Dates
$2375 per Parent-Child pair (NOTE: any adult-child pairings are welcome!)
pm Thur Jan 12 - am Mon Jan 16 MLK School Holiday
pm Thur Feb 16 - am Mon Feb 20 Presidents Day School Holiday