The 4 Best Places For Dog Sledding Holidays

The brisk wind lights up your lungs, cool tendrils of ice prick at your tingling face

. The white world around you rushes past in a blur, melting into the blue sky. You hear the slice of steel on ice, as the sleigh bounds forward and cuts through the alabaster wonderland. The pack howls, their hot breath forming small puffs of steam that vanish as fast as they appear. Welcome to life in the slipstream of huskies or malamutes! The experience of riding through the snow on a sled pulled by a team of dogs is just as magical as the four best places to do it.

The Yukon

Stretching from Alaska to Canada, the Yukon River cleaves a path of incomparable beauty. Ragged, snow-capped mountains, pristine lakes coated with mirror-like filaments of ice, and lush valleys with brittle forests define this tantalising location for dog sledding holidays. This is the home of the famous Yukon race, where the star participants run on all fours. You have the chance to stay in both a plush hotel and a rugged camp, explore towns such as Whitehorse and watch the red dawn creep magnificently over the breathtaking white wilderness. Above all, you have the chance to bond with the canine companions who will take you on a famous and historic path.

Quebec

Dog sledding holidays give you an opportunity to travel with a unique animal. In Quebec, you can meet the Mahikan, a special breed closely tied to the wolf - as such, it is said they lack fear, neither of distance, cold, or any other beast. In the awe-inspiring wilderness of Quebec, you can immerse yourself in the solitude of the pristine landscape. Drink in sightings of lynx and fox, taste on your tongue the rich shiver of early frost, and listen to the silence; but above all you will be drawn into a bond with the fleet-footed and indomitable Mahikan.

The Swedish Lapland

Put on your gloves, don your goggles, shoulder your jacket and slip into your boots. Only on dog sledding holidays can you wake up in the morning and know you will soon be speeding over an immense landscape of ice and snow with a canine pack pounding its paw prints in front of you. And there are few better places to experience this than in Sweden, in the Lapland, one of the most spectacular remaining wildernesses in Europe. As you behold the vast valleys and looming peaks, filled with cloud and black stone, you will feel you have travelled back to the days when humans first domesticated the wolf to take on the ice.

Algonquin Park

Waist deep in snow as flakes fall around you, looking up at the stern trees and hearing the faraway sound of the wolf, you will appreciate the mobility and intensity provided by dog sledding holidays in the world famous Canadian Algonquin Park. Let your canine partners rest as you explore the chilly woodland, try your hand at ice fishing or trek on the amazing trails.

The above is just a taste of what you can expect on one of these unique and exhilarating experiences a true, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

by: Philippa Westwood

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