Summer Glacier Dogsledding Tour from Girdwood | La Vacanza Travel

Summer Glacier Dogsledding Tour from Girdwood

Duration: 2 hours
Destination: United States, Alaska, Anchorage
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  • 2 hours
  • Anchorage
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Experience the pure enthusiasm of Alaskan Huskies while mushing on an alpine glacier! Your tour begins with a helicopter flight to a remote glacier camp. Next, you'll ride a dog sled on beautiful journey around an alpine snowfield! This is the dogsledding tour of a lifetime. (This tour departs from the town of Girdwood, located just 35 miles south of Anchorage).

Itinerary
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Stop At: Alpine Air Alaska, 599 Mt Hood Dr, Girdwood, Anchorage, AK 99587

From the Girdwood airport, you’ll enjoy a short, scenic flight to a remote camp on Punchbowl Glacier. Guides from Iditarod legend Mich Seavey’s Ididaride Sled Dog Tours will introduce you to the lovable dogs and teach you about the musher's lifestyle before your dogsledding adventure. Take in spectacular views of glaciers and peaks as you ride on the sled, you'll even get a chance to drive the dog team yourself. This is a unique Alaska experience you’ll always remember.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:
• Scenic 15-minute flight to and from a remote camp on Punchbowl Glacier
• The camp is managed by the Seavey family, renown for raising teams of Iditarod champions
• Meet the friendly Alaskan Huskies; learn about the musher’s lifestyle and historic Iditarod race
• Plenty of photo opportunities of you on the glacier, driving the dog team, playing with the dogs!
• We provide light weight rain jacket and pants, fleece gloves, and outer boots that slip over your shoes

We offer a complimentary round-trip transfer from any hotel or B&B in Girdwood. Driving to Girdwood? Park at our hangar.
• We ask all guests to arrive 30 minutes before your scheduled flight time so you can take part in a short safety briefing before your tour.

Duration: 2 hours

Inclusions
  • Round-trip shared transfer from any Girdwood hotel or B&B (if required)

Exclusions
  • Gratuities
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Small infants (prior to walking) may ride on an adult’s lap free
  • Operates on a snow-covered glacier, possible cool temperatures and occasional rain, please dress appropriately
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
  • Please arrive 30 minutes before your tour time.
  • Weight limit is 290 pounds per guest. Additional fee for
  • Must be able to walk unassisted on uneven snow, and hold on to the sled
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

599 Mt Hood Dr, Girdwood, AK 99587, USA
Traveler pickup is offered
We will meet you out front in a clearly marked shuttle van.


Return Details

Returns to original departure point

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

2 hours


User's Reviews

339bethan

17 Aug, 2023

Wow wow wow, what an incredible experience this was. The ground staff and all of the guides were all so lovely, the mushing was such an insane experience and the dogs… just gorgeous. Easily one of the coolest things I have ever done 😍

Y8928MTdavidr

11 Aug, 2023

Being with all the excited dogs and dogsledding on the Punchbowl Glacier. We had a beautiful day to take an exciting short helicopter ride with views of the Camp. The staff was very good lettings us meet the dogs and informing us about the Iditarod Trail Sled Race and everything about it. Taking us on an exciting ride around the Punchbowl Glacier for a very unique experience!

keller5960

11 Aug, 2023

A very well organized, well, equipped, and friendly staff. The helicopter ride was like floating on a cloud. The dogs were, of course, cute, friendly, and very sociable, and the handlers were knowledgeable and informative. Make sure you visit the Anh glacier office and have one of the handler’s. Explain how the Iditarod is run. The dog sledding was a hoot.

TravelRajS

01 Aug, 2023

What a fantastic experience!! We were originally booked to do this in Seward but because of the weather it was cancelled! We were driving to Denali the following day so we called Alpine Air last minute to see if they had room for our family of four and after a few calls back and forth they were able to open up a new fight time that fit into our plans perfectly! They were so sweet in making sure we were able to have enough time to enjoy this experience before we were on to our next activity! Even though we had our own warm and waterproof gear they gave us their own supply of pants and coats so we wouldn’t get our clothes dirty (we had a 5 hour drive to do right after) and we could relax and have fun. The helicopter ride was amazing and the dogsledding was a once in a lifetime experience. Our twins loved it and the staff on top of the glacier took the time to explain their care of the dogs and made sure to take plenty of pictures of our family. Out of everything we did on our trip this was the coolest activity by far!

Britt K

28 Jul, 2023

This was our second time dog sledding, the first time with Alpine Air! We will defiantly use them again and book some of their different tours too. The experience from start to finish for our group of 20 people including a toddler was beyond AMAZING! The ground staff was welcoming, knowledgeable and helped us get geared up. They supply EVERYTHING, hats, gloves, pants, coats, shoe covers, sunglasses and even had gear for my toddler. Our pilot was funny, and informed us on what we were flying past and what to look for. The glacier based team were welcoming, excited to talk to you about the dogs, new puppies and all their backstories. We were able to play with the pups and meet as many dogs as we wanted. The sled held 2 people plus the musher and it was great!! We wrapped up our time on the glacier playing cornhole while waiting for the helicopter to bring the rest of our group.

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