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Talkeetna: Mush Your Own Sled Dog Team & Meet Iditarod Huskies

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Duration2h 30m

GroupUp to 12

LanguagesEN

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Drive your own sled dog team through snowy Alaskan forest trails

You’ll steer your own Alaskan husky team through snowy birch forests near Talkeetna with an experienced musher leading the way. Meet Iditarod champion sled dogs at Dallas Seavey’s racing kennel, play with future champions—the puppies—and feel that wild northern silence broken only by eager barks. It’s more real than you expect.

2h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Meet Iditarod Champion sled dogs
Play with puppies
Mush a team of Alaskan Huskies
Take 45 minute sled ride

The Experience

I’ll be honest—I was nervous about steering my own sled dog team in Talkeetna. When Dallas (yeah, that Dallas Seavey) handed me the reins and grinned, my hands were already cold and a little shaky. The dogs though? They couldn’t have cared less. They bounced and barked, tails wagging so hard their whole bodies wiggled. The air smelled like snow and fur and something wild—hard to describe unless you’ve stood there with six huskies howling for action.

Our guide—Li—explained things fast but clear, like she’d done it a hundred times (she probably has). “Don’t let go,” she said, half-joking but also not. Then we were off. The only sound was the crunch of the sled runners over packed snow and the dogs’ quick breaths. I kept thinking I’d mess up a turn or tip over, but somehow the dogs seemed to know what they were doing even if I didn’t. Sunlight flickered through birch trees; it was quieter than I expected except when one of the pups yipped from behind us.

After about 45 minutes on those private trails—my face numb but grinning—we circled back to the kennel. There’s something about meeting those puppies after mushing that just hits different; their paws are too big for their bodies and they chew everything (including my glove). Li laughed when I tried to say one of their names in Inupiaq—I butchered it, obviously. But she just shrugged and handed me another puppy. Sometimes travel is just small moments like that, you know?

What’s included

Your day includes a guided tour of Dallas Seavey’s racing kennel in Talkeetna where you’ll meet both champion sled dogs and playful puppies before mushing your own dog team along private snowy trails—all under expert supervision from experienced local guides.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelNot for back problemsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by AK Sled Dog Tours