Dog Sledding in Canada
There is no experience like it. Cold, crisp air and brilliant blue skies. Snow capping the trees and not a soul around. Just you, your dogs and mother nature.
In most areas of Canada, snow can start to accumulate in early November. By December good snow conditions can be found in many regions.
Winter usually lasts well into March in the valleys and even as late as June in the mountains. Dogsledding also called mushing as a sport is practiced worldwide, but mostly in Europe and North America.
Dogsled Racing, or Mushing, is the official State Sport of Alaska.
The International Federation of Sleddog Sports (IFSS) and the International Sled Dog Racing Association (ISDRA) are working toward organizing the sport. They would like to have mushing recognized as an Olympic Sport.
Recreational mushing thrives as an unorganized sport providing a healthy outdoor form of winter fun and exercise for families.
The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race is among the most challenging and dangerous of all the adventure contests in the world. The race is 1,023 miles long and consists of frozen rivers, icy mountain passes, and spruce forests as big as entire states.
The Iditarod Race is unlike any other event in the world. A race over 1,150 miles of the most extreme and beautiful terrain known to man: across mountain ranges, frozen rivers, dense forests, desolate tundra and windswept coastline.
For more information about dogsledding, visit Dogsled Canada
