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Sunday

Arrival. Settle in and get to know the farm and its inhabitants.

The first meeting with our huskies is for the novice a mind blowing experience. Husky dogs are very friendly and welcomming. Sleddogs are normally smaller than most newcomers expect them to be. We breed our own Alaskan Huskies as well as buy some every year.

Monday
08.00. Breakfast. Equipping you with what you need
of boots and additional clothing.
Meeting the dogs, seeing how the watering goes
(we feed a large amount of meat/water mix in the mornings),
change straw in doghouses; simply the daily dog yard service.

We will teach you about harnesses, lines, sleds and other relevant
equipment in this first session.

Time for our first barbecue-we have a grill-tipi on the farm. Bergsveins creations with sausages, bacon, hamburgers and fish finger
meals from the grill are well known and much appreciated.

To get the fastest and most effective insight into the work with the
dogs and the driving, we try to do everything together.
We have the possiblity to give you the easiest and safest possible
introduction to the art of dogsledding by pulling your sled behind
a snowmachine while you are getting the feel of how to steer, break and
hook up a sled before you actually start mushing your own husky team.

We even manage a 20 kilometer mushing tour in the afternoon.
The husky holiday guests are mostly astonished with the huskies power
and eagerness to pull. A husky can run almost endlessly if they are well
trained. Our huskies are!

Feeding time, dogs first.

Time to eat, sauna and snow bading, or just relax with a book or a film
about the early days of dog driving and the history of mushing.

Tuesday
You need a good breakfast to keep you going, so do the dogs.
Our high standard of dog care is best maintained by giving the dogs a
good and nourishing fish and meat soup in the mornings. It is nice if you
would like to involve yourself in the care for the dogs,
maybe also join us on a puppy walk

We get ourselves ready for a new tour when the dogs are "watered".
A well-hydrated dog is an essential. You drive your own 4-dog team
on a 40 km tour, and get to practice on some curvy forest tracks
to teach you to handle the sled.

We take care of the dogs and the equipment
(lines, dog harnesses and sleds) when we return home.
Feeding of dogs after the tour involves giving each husky the correct
amount of a mix of meat, fish and a chicken based dry food.
Feel free to take part and learn about feeding of sleddogs.

Sauna and dinner.

Wednesday.
Morning routine (watering and yard cleaning). 
If it suits and you feel ready for it, we can add a dog or two to your
team to give you more power. Hold on-we make it a 36 km tour with
a sausage bbq on an island en route.
Try your skills with cross country skiing and Sauna when we come back.

Half an hour free massage for everyone.
Lena is practicing classical Swedish massage on our aching bodies in
the afternoon. It can be quite tiering to drive a dog team the first couple
of days.

Dinner time.

Our little survival expedition starting tomorrow
requires planning and packing.

Thursday.
Rigging for our winter camping dogsledding adventure.
We bring with us food for the dogs and ourselves.

We head north, 30- 50 km driving. We park the dogs on stake out
lines when we arrive at our camp. First of all one takes care of the
dogs. We drill a hole in the ice for taking up water. The water is fresh and clean. We brought with
a mobile fodder cooker, and we get going on preparing the evening
meal for the dogs, and then we can start looking after ourselves.
To make the adventure complete, there is nothing like sleeping out
in the open, second best is tent or tipi, or if possible even make a
snow cave or an igloo.

It is all rather basic when we are on tours like this. You learn a lot and
experience a closeness to the environment you couldn’t otherwise imagine being possible.

Now comes the survival part. We try our luck with ice fishing.
One drills a couple of holes in the ice and try to catch some trout,
pike or perch.
If we are in luck, we have the most fantastic meal of fried trout
served to us this evening.

Husky tours are special in the sense that it is such a silent way of
gliding through the nature, but it is also a challenge to make sure one
interferes with the wild life as little as possible.
Sustainable tourism put into practice. The tours take place in areas
where reindeer husbandry is common.
We take special care not to disturb the reindeers.
We don’t often see moose (elk) in the wintertime.

Some forest birds, some deer’s, some lynx tracks.
Kim met a wolverine and a herd of reindeers on the trail last winter

Friday
Last day on the sled. Many thoughts run through your head as we
cruise along over marshes, hills and through forests.
Your team of dedicated huskies have become your friends.
A new world has opened to you.

Well back home sauna and shower will do us good now.

Grand evening meal with local specialties
to complete an unforgettable week.

Saturday.
Breakfast. Departure.