North Woods Passage Sled Dog Trip - White Wilderness Sled Dog Adventures

6 days dog sledding (3 nights in a lodge and 4 nights camping)

Premiere style (you drive your own team for the entire trip)

Explore over 80 miles of the Boundary Waters Wilderness Area by dog team

Learn winter camping and wilderness travel skills

Physically active and adventurous trip

Our longest trip, offered just once a year

Previous camping or dog sledding experience helpful

Advanced level trip - physically demanding, unknown challenges, remote wilderness travel

This advanced trip is geared for physically active travelers looking for a unique and challenging adventure. Our ultimate goal is to traverse the heart of the eastern Boundary Waters by dog team. We'll spend the first full day learning the essentials of dog sledding before embarking on an ambitious 5-day wilderness expedition, traveling by dog team and camping at night.

Late March typically offers some of the finest travel conditions of the season long days, moderate temperatures, crusted snow you can cover a lot of terrain in a day.

Our destination is the world famous Boundary Waters more than 1 million acres of frozen wilderness and waterways, nestled against the remote Canadian border. It is the largest wilderness preserve east of the Rocky Mountains. Boreal forest, majestic white pines, rugged granite shorelines, and frozen marshlands combine to offer an unparalleled environment to explore by dog team. In the winter, it is truly pristine wilderness. The tracks you see will likely be your own, your dogs, or those of the native inhabitants - timber wolves, moose, fox and snowshoe hare.

Our route starts at the Gunflint Trail in northeastern Minnesota and will traverse 80-100 miles of untracked Boundary Waters on our journey back to our kennel, nestled on the edge of the wilderness. Pending snow and ice conditions, our final route may be modified to optimize wilderness travel. Our guarantee is a phenomenal wilderness journey by dog team.

The itinerary includes 6 days of dog sledding, 3 nights in a lodge and 4 nights camping under the stars. We'll navigate lakes, marshes and trails by dog team, learn to read ice conditions and work together traveling. After setting up camp each day, enjoy a delicious supper over a crackling fire and sleep cozy in our winter expedition tents. Expect to learn how to stay warm, dry and remarkably comfortable in the winter and gain new outdoor skills along the way.

This trip will require your active hands-on participation, as you wi ll be involved in the whole enchilada assisting with setting camp, gathering firewood, cooking meals, and dog care. Expect some challenge from route finding around the open water of rocky creek beds, to maneuvering dog sleds across rugged portage trails. Teamwork and a positive attitude will be essential as we travel deep into the wilderness..

You must be in good physical condition and some previous wilderness camping experience (summer or winter) will be helpful. A previous trip with White Wilderness is recommended, but not required. A sense of adventure is required.

White Wilderness director, Peter McClelland, will lead this advanced trip.

North Woods Passage Booking Information

Seven Nights and Six Days:	Dates:
$1,695/person double occupancy $1,845/person single occupancy	Mar 8-15

Trip Itinerary

Day 1:

Group welcome dinner and trip orientation.

Day 2:

Following breakfast, arrive at the kennel and meet your traveling companions. We'll teach you the essentials of driving a sled, harnessing dogs and then be off on a day trip. Novices and veterans alike gain confidence throughout the day. Return to kennel, eat dinner at lodge, pack.

Day 3:

Early morning departure for the north shore and brunch at the famous Coho Caf?� in Tofte. We'll launch from the Gunflint Trail in the afternoon and camp early as we teach skills for comfortable winter camping.