Skagway offers several dogsledding tours.
Many cruise lines offering Alaska cruises stop in the port of call of Skagway, Alaska. Whether you plan to travel to Alaska on a cruise or on your own (or, even, if you simply live in the area and want to try something new), Skagway offers a number of activities for travelers, including dogsledding tours. Several companies offer dogsledding tours based in Skagway, wherein residents and tourists can experience an authentic experience riding a sled pulled by trained dogs.
Dogsledding Tours from Alaska Excursions
Alaska Excursions offers a "sled dog adventure and musher's camp" lasting approximately three hours in Skagway. Alaska Excursions picks up cruise ship passengers who plan to participate in this tour from their cruise ship dock. Other passengers can prearrange a pickup location in Skagway. This tour begins with a narrated van tour through Skagway and the Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park.
Once passengers reach the Alaska Excursions camp, they take a 1-mile ride on a custom, wheeled dogsled. A team of more than a dozen dogs pulls each sled, which holds six passengers. Tourists may not drive the sleds, but they can hold and play with husky puppies after the tour. Participants also hear about the life of a dog musher from one of Alaska Excursions' trained guides.
Alaska Excursions
P.O. Box 440
Skagway, AK 98840
(907) 983-4444
alaskaexcursions.com
Dogsledding Tours from Temsco Helicopters, Inc.
Temsco Helicopters, Inc. gives tourists the opportunity to combine a helicopter tour of a glacier with an authentic dogsledding experience. From Skagway, participants board a helicopter for a flightseeing tour before landing on Denver Glacier. There, tourists can either drive a sled team or simply ride along on a sled.
The tour takes approximately one hour and 30 minutes total, including 30 minutes of round-trip flight time and 30 minutes of dogsledding. Tour guides provide safety equipment, including vests and glacier boots, and passengers must view a safety video before boarding the aircraft. Temsco Helicopters, Inc. has provided helicopter services in Alaska for 50 years.
Temsco Helicopters, Inc.
P.O. Box 434
Skagway, Alaska 99840
(907) 983-2900
temscoair.com
Dogsledding Tours from Klondike Tours, Inc.
Klondike Tours, Inc. offers a dogsledding experience from Skagway to Canada's Yukon Territory. This tour requires a passport and lasts more than five hours. Klondike Tours, Inc. offers year-round tours, using a wheeled cart in the summer months.
The tour cuts through an area traversed by stampeders during the Gold Rush. Passengers hear about dog mushing from a trained guide and have the opportunity to hold and pet puppies training to pull sleds. Klondike Tours, Inc. has offered services in Alaska since 1992.
Klondike Tours, Inc.
P.O. Box 1061
Skagway, AK 99840
(907) 983-2075
klondiketours.com
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