| Camping with sleddogs |
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Drive your own dogsled with 4- 6 dogs through the mountains of Jämtland - spend the night in tents with the chance to see the Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights, that often produce spectacular displays in the night-time sky! Now you can experience the mountains in Jämtland in a different, exotic and exciting way. You will be travelling through a quiet and unspoiled landscape with the chance to see reindeer, lynx, wolverine and arctic fox.The dogs you’ll meet on your trip are Alaskan Huskies. The Alaskan Husky is a friendly dog that runs fast, pulls hard and likes it. Everyone on this experience will get their own" team of 4-6 dogs. During the night you will stay in tents or tepees and cover between 25-35 km/day. You drive through mountain birch forest and over the vast mountain plains. The area you will travel through has a snowmobile restriction - so it will be just you and the dogs in the white wilderness. Day 1: Arrival at Östersund/Frösö Airport or at the train station in Undersåker, transfer to Storulvån mountain station. Here you will have your first dinner together. Your guide will inform about the practical details of your tour and go through the route of the tour. Day 2: In the morning you meet up and the dogs are waiting for you. You will be taught the basics of dogsled driving and be given instruction in how to harness the dogs and steer the sled. As soon as the sleds are packed you will head off. After a short distance on the mountain plains with the vast white expanses you will see Sylarna in the distance... Day 3: First you feed the dogs and then it is time for your breakfast!. You pack up the tents, the sleds are packed and the dogs are harnessed and then you are off. Today’s stretch is on the Norweigian side of the border, with a wide view over distant hills. In the afternoon you reach the Essan lake, a lake famous for its Arctic Char fishing - here you will stay for the night. If you want to try your luck at fishing, now is your chance! Day 4: You will continue east through a snow-rich landscape over 2 large lakes and pass Nedalshyttan - then in the mountain birch forest you will set camp for the night. Day 5: This day starts with a steep climb upwards towards the open mountain plains and you are now back on the Swedish side of the mountains. You will camp for the night on the back of the Helags mountain, 1797 m. Day 6: The reindeer should now have come out from the surrounding forest landscape. Here you have a chance of seeing herds of reindeer. You will travel carefully through the area so as not to scare the animals. You will pass Helags mountain station, and from here you get a view over Sweden’s most southerly glacier. During the afternoon you pass Tjallingens Sami camp and now you reach the birch forest - now it is just a couple of kilometers before you reach Storulvån with sauna and dinner. Day 7: The week ends with breakfast and transfer to Östersund Airport or the train station in Undersåker. Please note that in the event of bad weather the guide might need to change the route. |