For our dry land mushing and dog sledding experiences, we offer shuttle service from downtown Talkeetna.
For the guided tour experience, Salmon Berry provides shuttling to and from Anchorage.

This is a hands-on, active tour. You are likely to get a little mud on you at some point along the way, whether it’s flying off the dogs feet when they’re zooming around the track or when you’re romping with puppies and retirees in the puppy play pen. You can expect dirty paws and noses to be all over you. Please dress appropriately in clothing you don’t mind getting a little dog hair and mud on. Close-toed shoes are required. Gloves and hat are recommended particularly if rain is in the forecast. Tough pants, a heavier rain jacket, and some good rain boots are always great to have around here.

From the time that you begin the tour at the kennel, to the time that you say goodbye to all of the new furry friends that you have made, and depart the homestead, 2 hours and 10 minutes will have passed. Including shuttle transportation to and from the kennel, this experience will take 2:45 hours. For example, if your tour was scheduled for 8:30, you will arrive back in downtown Talkeetna around 11:10-11:15. If you have a departure time for a train or bus that you are trying to work with, please tell us in advance, and we will absolutely get you there in time!

Yes. You will be paired with another guest on a dryland mushing cart. One of you will drive the cart for the first 20+ minutes of the mush. When you arrive at the checkpoint, you will switch: the person who was riding will then be the driver (if they are comfortable doing so), and the person who was the driver will now be the passenger. When you are the passenger, this is a great opportunity for you to snap some photos of your dog team, and the beautiful birch and spruce forest!

Dryland mushing is a sport in which a dog or team of dogs pull a human on a surface other than snow and ice. Dryland Mushing was originally adopted to exercise and train sled dogs in the summer months when the snow has melted, but has since become a year-round, worldwide dog sport. The vehicle the dogs pull can be anything from your own two legs Canicross (jogging with a dog) to a bicycle (bikejoring) or our personal favorite: a 4-wheeled dryland mushing rig.

Alaska is known around the world for its long history with sled dogs and mushing. From the very first people to inhabit this rugged land to the fur trappers and gold miners of the 19th and 20th century to the Iditarod of today, Alaskans have relied on their sled dogs to help them survive and explore the last frontier.
Mushing your own team of sled dogs has been a “must do” for wintertime guests to Alaska for years. Now you can enjoy the same thrill of cruising down the trail powered solely by a team of enthusiastic Alaskan huskies any time of year! Thanks to our custom-built dryland racing rigs and private trail system, we are able to offer this one-of-a-kind dryland mushing tour year-round.

This is a great experience for children 6 and up. We do occasionally make exceptions for guest 5 and under if our scheduling allows. Please call and see what we can do for you. Children between 6 and 14 years old are able to participate in the tour as riding-only guests. This means they will be able to go along on the mush in the passenger seat, but not be permitted to drive the cart.

Having a camera/phone with you is always recommended! There will be some awesome photo opportunities, and our guides are always happy to snap a picture for you. Please do not bring any dog treats; we are very concerned about everything our champions-in-training eat, and are extremely particular about what is fed to them.

We have a secure place both at a kiosk downtown, and one out at the kennels. Although, we do discourage bringing a bunch of extra things you may not use.

We are a small batch, hands-on, real-people sort of operation and are all about accommodating our guests.  We generally schedule tours early in the day to avoid the much-hotter late afternoons we get here in Talkeetna. If it’s a cool day, we are able to do tours ALL day! Since the tour takes place at a working kennel, it’s pretty easy to add tour times and we can typically accommodate special requests.

Yes, it is typically not difficult for us to accommodate larger tour groups. Give us a call, and we will make it happen!

Sled dogs love the rain! This is the perfect tour for a rainy day.

We do occasionally have to reschedule or cancel tours if it gets too hot. We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause, but we are sure you understand that the health and safety of our dogs is always our first priority.

Not necessarily. All the dogs are restrained, either on a tether or in a pen, so guests can choose to get close enough to touch them, or stay out of the dogs reach if they prefer. When in the run pen, the dogs are loose and and can freely interact with people so if a guest would prefer not to go in the pen that’s entirely understandable, and will not drastically change their experience.