ARCTIC EXPERIENCE PACKAGES

Arctic Basecamp Experience

Enjoy the extreme Arctic landscape with the comforts of our basecamp!

Itinerary:

Day 1: Pick-up in Fairbanks and travel to Galbraith Lake Trailhead. Travel by dog teams out to our remote Arctic Basecamp.

Day 2-4: Daily dog runs traveling the diverse Arctic landscape. Camping at our basecamp each night. Enjoy stories from the trail and hanging out with SuperStar dogs.

Day 5: Leave camp and travel back to Fairbanks

• Learn to drive your own sled
• Sleep in warm, comfortable Arctic Oven tent accommodations
• Explore the vast Arctic landscape
• Relax at our comfortable Arctic camp
• Enjoy the long Arctic days
• Listen to, and share, stories from life and trails
• Meals included
• Pick-up and drop-off in Fairbanks
• Contact us for pricing

Note: Larger groups and individuals can be accommodated. Flights to/from trailhead are available at additional cost. 50% non-refundable deposit due at time of booking. Contact us for more information.

Arctic Traveler Experience *SOLD OUT FOR 2024 SEASON**

Experience everything the Arctic has to offer from the back of a dog sled!

Itinerary:

Day 1: Pick-up in Fairbanks and travel to Galbraith Lake Trailhead. Travel by dog teams out to our remote Arctic Basecamp

Day 2-3: Leave our Arctic Basecamp for 3 days of traveling the Arctic landscape, camping at remote spike camps along the way

Day 4: Travel back to basecamp and enjoy a relaxing evening

Day 5: Leave camp and travel back to Fairbanks

• Learn to drive your own sled
• Sleep in warm, comfortable Arctic Oven tent accommodations
• Explore the vast Arctic landscape
• Help plan expedition route
• Enjoy the long Arctic days
• Listen to, and share, stories from life and trails
• Meals included
• Pick-up and drop-off in Fairbanks included
• Van transportation to and from trailhead

Note: Larger groups and individuals can be accommodated. Flights to/from trailhead are available at additional cost. 50% non-refundable deposit due at time of booking. Contact us for more information.

Arctic Hive ~ Wild and Free Experience *SOLD OUT FOR 2024 SEASON*

 Enjoy the extreme Arctic landscape from the comforts of a cabin as well as the back of a sled!

We are partnering with Arctic Hive in Wiseman, Alaska to bring you a once in a lifetime experience! Stay in a cabin, mush with Wild and Free dogs and enjoy all the Arctic has to offer!

Itinerary

Day 1: Pick-up in Fairbanks and travel 270 miles up the historic Dalton Highway to your basecamp in Wiseman, Alaska. There, you’ll take a picturesque 1 mile hike into Arctic Hive with your hosts while your gear is transported straight to the door of your cabin.

Day 2-4: Daily dog runs aboard your own sled, traveling the Arctic landscape over sturdy frozen rivers and through wild Black Spruce forests. Each night, you’ll be able to curl up in your own 12×12 cabin (each sleeps 2). Enjoy stories from the trail, optional daily yoga (no experience necessary), hanging out with Wild and Free dogs and the potential for seeing the Northern Lights right outside your cabin door! Highlights of the trip include:

• Learn to drive your own sled and your own team of Wild and Free dogs
• Sleep in the warmth of a modern 12×12 cabin featuring tons of creature comforts, with Northern Lights dancing outside the window.
• Sip an afternoon tea, cocoa, or organic coffee in good company inside a 20-foot dome featuring 18 feet of windows with expansive views of the Brooks Range!
• Breakfast and dinners feature home-cooked, fresh vegetarian comfort food, and you’ll take lunch to-go on the trail. (All dietary needs can be accommodated)
• Listen to Brent’s stories as a champion Iditarod dog musher, and share your own tales daily from the day’s adventure on the sled.
• Optional 60-minutes of relaxing yoga + mindfulness daily with Arctic Hive co-founder, Mollie Busby. The 24-foot dome studio features a massive bay window that faces an incredible mountain vista.
• Optional trip into the village to shop for hand-crafted items at a local Artist’s studio.

Day 5: Hike out of Arctic Hive, while your gear is hauled via sled, and travel back to Fairbanks.

Contact us for pricing!

Our History in the Arctic

Expeditions are a large part of my training as the more time I spend with the dogs out in the elements and remote locations, the better we are as a team on the race trail. In the beginning, I spent every April living and mushing out of a camp in the Arctic of Alaska, at the base of the Brooks Range. It was the most amazing thing I had ever done. Spending every day and every minute with the dogs for weeks on end, was the best training for both the dogs and myself. Many days were spent just cruising the treeless landscape that rolls on for miles and miles. Breaking trail is something that my dogs just do, always have, always will and the Arctic is a great training ground for this. The accommodations were pretty amazing, considering we were 350 miles north of Fairbanks by road and 13 miles off the road by trail. In 2006 we had three tents with wood stoves, two large Solariums (three sided snow structures that capture the sun and its warmth), thirty-four sled dogs, one pet dog, four loose pups, three permanent camp residents, over twenty visiting friends and our token Cat, Kenevel. In 2007, we added to the comfort with a new 12×20 living tent, two more sleeping tents, and twenty more dogs. Our camp is on a low ridge above a lake which we drilled a hole in for water (the most pure water a person can ask for). We ate like kings and queens. My great friend Thom Walker prepared meals to die for and we snacked on his baked goods all month long. Throughout the month the dogs and I did many runs to the road picking up visiting friends and carrying heavy loads of supplies, we also did long fast runs chasing caribou across the frozen tundra. It is the best of both worlds for a dog musher and his dogs.

Spending this kind of time with the dogs is something that cannot be done in town. For this reason, I have spent every spring exploring the Arctic and other areas of the north with my dogs. With the experience that we gained in the early years, we are now guiding dog mushing expeditions in March and April every year. With help from my good buddies and guides Josh Horst, Thom Walker and John Gaedeke, we have turned what we love to do into a job that we love. Our biggest client is a Norwegian dog mushing school who brings 15-18 students every March for a 10-day, 200-mile, expedition to Iniakuk Wilderness Lodge in the heart of the Brooks Range! This trip involves over eighty dogs, fourteen sleds and some of the most amazing country Alaska has to offer. The first trip was successful even though we encountered lots of obstacles, but we proved we had what it took to pull off an expedition of this kind. The second year we refined our systems, simplified things and worked together with the school to make the perfect trip! Bottom line, we have fun guiding these trips and hope to continue working with the the Norwegians and add a few more trips a year with other schools or guests. We now have a couple different expedition options available for you (see above), but we are also happy to offer custom trips, so tell us what you want to do and we will design a trip of a lifetime!

For more information, please contact us directly. We look forward to hearing from you!

Expedition Photos & Videos