Husky ski trekking
(8 days)

1. day

 We pick you up at Bardufoss airport and take you to the Huskyfarm. Here we will introduce you to the other participants and the dogs. We will discuss the tour, weather and snow conditions. In the evening we will invite you to a welcome dinner serving local food dishes.

2. Day

You will have the possibility to get used to your husky dog and the equipment. There are two different ways of handling the pulka together with the dog which you might try both. We show you the best way to pack the pulka, how you work with your dog as a team, how you use the ropes and belts you will need and all you need to know.
Then we will start towards the first cabin, the Gaskas hytta. As this will be a rather easy first leg you will have the opportunity to learn some more already under “real tour conditions”.
The cosy Gaskas hytta is located in a birch tree forest in a side valley North of lake Altevatn. Here we will have dinner in front of a warm oven and discuss the day, the weather and snow conditions and, with the experiences of the first day in mind, the further course of our tour.

3. - 7. day

The further course depends mainly on the weather and snow conditions and our experiences of the first day. We have different possibilities to choose from:
The most challenging option will lead us high above the tree line into the Dividal National Park to Vuoma hytta. This cabin, like the Gaskas hytta belongs to a cabin line the local outdoor-and-hiking club (DNT) has built along the border trail Nordkalottleden. From here we can take off on a day trip without the heavy pulkas into the nearby Anjavassdalen with its great landscape and view onto the surrounding mountains.
Skiing over a 1000 m high pass we will reach our next accommodation, our lavvu. We will have a cosy evening in this original Sami tipi (lavvu) at the bottom of the majestic Råkkunbårri, one of the highest mountains of the area. The lavvu has an oven, so a good night sleep in the warmth lying on reindeer skins will be guaranteed.
South from the lavvu, the Stordalen (in English: „great/wide valley“) invites us to a day trip –again without heavy luggage. Here we will have the chance to discover trails of wolverine, fox, ptarmigan, lynx and Alpine hare.

The last day of the tour offers two possibilities depending on the weather. We might either take the way over the mountains: up Krokdalen through and down the valley Salvasskardet to Innset. Or we take the easiest way over the ice of lake Altevatn to Innset.

8. Day

 After a good night sleep in a regular bed on the Huskyfarm and an extensive breakfast you have to say good bye to your husky and we will take you to the airport.

Of course, you are welcome to stay longer. The price for the stay in our guesthouse is Euro 25,-- (self catering in the fully equipped kitchen).

Please read the ABC of dog sledding

Back to main page of Husky ski trekking