Glacier Dog Mushing

This Alaskan adventure is hard to top! Take this exciting opportunity to learn about the dedicated dog sled teams of the Alaskan Huskies. Enjoy a spectacular helicopter ride into the majestic Chugach Mountains and onto Punch Bowl Glacier, 3200 feet above sea level. It is a giant snowfield consisting of 700ft of snow on top of 500ft of ice. Learn how the dogs are bred. Relax and enjoy the view as you ride on the sled around the glacier enjoying the scenic peaks and valleys surrounding you, see how the dogs are trained to pull the sled, and how they have this everlasting endurance, how they possess an inherent drive to run, and if you pull on the brakes it’s still hard to hold them back.

This is a trip you will NEVER forget, and most visitors say it was the highlight of their Alaskan vacation!! Click here to reserve your spot today!

Dog Sledding with Alaskan Huskies is such a large part of Alaskan life and history, the Iditarod Trail started out as a mail and supply route from the towns of Seward and Knik to the interior, and part of the Iditarod trail was used as a life saving highway for epidemic stricken Nome, where sled dogs were used to deliver Serum in 1925 to cure Diphtheria. It is now the famous “Last Great Race on Earth” where Dogs, Sleds and their Musher’s leave from Anchorage to Nome, each with a team of 12-16 Dogs on a journey of 1150 in 10-17 days.

If you have never followed this race before, after experiencing this tour, I know you will be in awe of this great race and sport!

  • PLEASE make sure your camera battery is full!
  • Please dress in layers, expect temperatures on the glacier to be from 50°- 60°.
  • Wear warm comfortable clothing, sturdy shoes, and sunglasses.
  • We will provide you with a waterproof outer layer and Neos over boots. Click here to check out the boots.

Tours depart daily May 21st - Aug 31st
Our departure Times from Girdwood:
8:30am, 10:15am, 12:00pm, 1:45pm, 3:30pm, 5:15pm

Pick up’s available from various Girdwood locations on request.

For further information please see the following websites:

http://www.ididaride.com
http://www.iditarod.com

 

Email: - Phone: (907) 783-2360


Alpine Air Alaska, established in 1991 out of Girdwood, Alaska, provides quality air transportation, statewide charter flights, spectacular flightseeing,
glacier tours, unique weddings, helicopter flight school, and summer glacier dog sledding in the Chugach mountain range of Alaska.

Alpine Air Alaska is a limited liability corporation and operates under special use permits with the U.S.F.S.

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