Musher-led team across frozen lakes, overnight in a wood-stove cabin 2 hours off the road, auger lake trout at dawn.
Musher-led team across frozen lakes into a wood-stove cabin 2 hours off the plowed road. Auger lake trout at dawn, sauna after, aurora if you're lucky. Zero cell signal, zero snowmobile noise.
Run your own team of huskies across the frozen Boundary Waters out of Wintergreen Dogsled Lodge — Paul Schurke's operation, the only US lodge devoted exclusively to mushing. Day one is harness school and a half-day run; day two is a full lodge-to-lodge crossing on snow-blanketed lakes that ranger trucks can't reach. Sauna, cast-iron dinner, whiskey by the woodstove each night. Decompression: a stop at Ely's Boathouse Brewpub on the way back to Duluth airport — Lake Superior whitefish and a Blueberry Blonde before the flight south.