Dogsledding in Summer
Photo: Alpine Air
By Wendy Perrin
A question emailed to me this week:
"Do you know of any agency that gives tours or can arrange a trip to Alaska, where we can then take dogsled rides . . . IN THE SUMMER?? My husband saw an ad on TV. . . but didn't get any info. He said it was near some renowned hotel." DeLite Vogley
Margret Propper is the Alaska specialist you're looking for. I've gotten dozens of thank-you letters from Conde Nast Traveler readers raving about the spectacular Alaska trips she's booked for them.
(They got her name from my annual Top Travel Specialists list in the magazine.) So I forwarded your question to Margret. Her response:
"One of the most popular activities in Alaska now is to fly up to a glacier and then either drive a team of dogs or ride in the sled across the glacier. First you "flightsee" over mountains, valleys, lakes, and glaciers for a bird's-eye view, then you actually walk on the glacier, and then you watch it speeding by as you ride in a sled behind a team of energetic dogs. This experience can be had in locations including Seward, Skagway, and Juneau. The one that is near a renowned hotel is probably the one in Girdwood, near the Alyeska Prince Resort, about 45 minutes outside Anchorage. The company that runs it is Alpine Air. A good combination is to take the glacier dogsled tour and then drive to Seward and visit the Iditarod champion kennel owned by Mitch Seavey, meet his champion dogs, and drive the team in a wheeled sled. I usually work this activity into an entire land itinerary."
Incidentally, Margret herself raced in the Iditarod last year. You can read a first-hand account of a stay in Seward, the original starting point of the Iditarod, at RealTravel.
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