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WHITE WILDERNESS SLED DOG ADVENTURES
never say “mush”
ELY, MINNESOTA
Give me winter, give me dogs, and you can keep the rest.
—Knut Rasmussen, the Dane who explored Greenland in the early 20th
century
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Originally used by Inuit to get from snowy point A to snowy point B, dogsledding is
now being offered as an afternoon diversion at such tony resorts as Aspen's Little Nell and
Jackson Hole's Amangani, which takes guests out for a 20-mile loop with a picnic lunch and
a swim at a natural hot spring.
White Wilderness Sled Dog Adventures puts together vacations to Minnesota's Boundary
Waters during which you do a whole lot more than just sitting on the back of a dogsled looking
exotic in your $3,000 Spyder ski jacket. On these four-night outdoor excursions, you'll learn
everything from how to care for and bond with your canine crew to how to traverse a skinny
path between a fir and a pine tree and how to manage a tangle of harnesses and sled brakes.
Boundary Waters is a remote region of wilderness lakes, rivers, and forests that straddles
the Minnesota-Canada border. For the same reason this area appeals to canoeists in summer, it
