Summer Glacier Dogsledding Tour from Girdwood: Helicopter Ride & Alaskan Husky Adventure
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132 Ratings
Anchorage
Experience the thrill of dogsledding on a summer glacier tour from Girdwood. Take a helicopter ride to a remote glacier camp and mush with Alaskan Huskies on an alpine snowfield!
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Alpine Air Alaska - 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.
What's Included
- Round-trip shared transfer from Girdwood hotels/B&Bs
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Feel the sheer passion of Alaskan Huskies during a mushing experience on a mountain glacier! Your adventure kicks off with a helicopter ride to an isolated glacier site. Following that, you’ll command a dog sled on a picturesque trek around a snowy alpine landscape! This is the ultimate dogsledding experience. (This tour takes off from the town of Girdwood, positioned a mere 35 miles south of Anchorage).
- 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
- 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
Location
599 Mt Hood Dr
Mount Hood Drive
Departs from Girdwood Airport.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(132 Ratings)
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417inged
May 31, 2024
Beyond Imagination - This was spectacular from start to finish! Hands on experience with the dogs and riding! Can’t say enough good stuff! It’s like three tours in one- flight seeing, glacier trekking and Iditarod!!
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Adele
May 31, 2024
Alpine Air Alaska. Dog sledding - From pick up with Kris to everything else was absolutely fantastic. The staff were really professional and safety conscious. An absolutely amazing experience. I would encourage anyone to experience this. I cannot express my feelings about this whole experience. Just bloody brilliant
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Bridgethw1300xn
May 21, 2024
Amazing Memories - Once in a lifetime experience! Not only was this activity phenomenal so was the staff. We originally planned on going on a Tuesday but noticed on Sunday the weather wouldn’t be ideal and called to see if we could switch to Monday instead. The staff were accommodating and understanding to switch our days. The gear provided was great quality and very helpful! Dogs were fantastic and the staff were super knowledgeable! I am clumsy and not very athletic, but the activities were much more doable than anticipated!
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Percentcer
May 21, 2024
A hidden camp of doggies at the top of a mountain - Amazing view on the helicopter ride and then super fun to meet the dogs and the summer training crew once we were in the snow! The actual dog sledding track is a 1.7 mile loop around the camp with ~2 stops for photos and a chance to switch positions on the sled if you like.
Heli seats five so if you have a larger group you'll make multiple trips.
Pilot was great (friendly, experienced) and so were the mushers!
Waterproof clothes are provided (snow pants, windbreaker, boot covers) but you'll also want to wear some warm layers.
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339bethan
Aug 17, 2023
Absolutely amazing 🤩 - 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 😍
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Y8928mtdavidr
Aug 11, 2023
Great helicopter ride to the Glacier and Dogsledding ride on the Glacier with great information. - 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!
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Keller5960
Aug 11, 2023
Fun and informative tour - 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.
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Travelrajs
Aug 1, 2023
Great Family Fun - 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!
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Britt
Jul 28, 2023
DO IT! - 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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Traveler46942389873
Jul 24, 2023
Absolutely Worth Every Penny - This tour was phenomenal! Having been on both Seavy's Ididaride Dog Sled (Cart) tour in Seward and this one, I can say they are both fantastic experiences. At the Seward location there were more puppies to play with and they had a better display/presentation on the Iditarod sled race. But the actual dog sledding on a glacier that was offered here cannot be matched! Everything was fantastic, from the stunning views on the helicopter ride (roughly 6 min) to/from the glacier to the 2 mile ride itself. Both tours are absolutely worth their money and the guides clearly love what they do (so be kind and tip well).
It is pricey, but if you can afford to tack on the helicopter sight seeing tour to your dogsledding tour that would be a great way to round out the experience. I did not do this but everyone else in my time slot did, and after the short ride to/from the dog camp on the glacier I wish I'd also booked a heli tour. It's a fun way to see the amazing Alaskan wilderness.
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