Skip to content
Mariola's Travel Blog

Mariola's Travel Blog

Dog sledding Umnas

Mariola, February 27, 2017

We leave for Hemavan a small ski -centre in northern Sweden where we get picked up and driven to Umnas for the start of the dogsledding. We have to make the heart crushing decision that my knee will not stand up to 50-70km days on the sled and so I pull out , but thanks to some creative , lateral thinking Catrine comes up with a closely matching plan B. I will get to go with the team but on a snow mobile.We harness the dogs and to a deafening amount of eager barking they are off. Three total, each has a team of 7 dogs made up of André and another Swedish couple plus Kenneth the owner and guide of A Silent Way. Kenneth has 10 dogs to haul the masses amount of dog food required for 5 days out on the mountain.

Sweden

Post navigation

Previous post
Next post

Related Posts

Sweden

Last day in Sweden,time for reindeers

March 13, 2017

The previous night gave us a stunning performance of Auroras going into the reds as well as greens. It turns out to be fortuitous timing as I head out in the middle of the night for a pee (outside toilet) and notice the show. André initially reluctant to awake but…

Read More
Sweden

The adventure begins

February 23, 2017

This is my first attempt at Blogging and of course we have essential IT and photography support from André. A little heads up on the nature of this trip , it is the 101 day Breakaway journey celebrating significant birthdays and the start to a new era. I have retired…

Read More
Sweden

Abisko National Park

March 8, 2017

We pick up our 4×4 Yeti Skoda and we are ready to head out west to Abisko. The conditions are amazing with a weather front which  has hit the north  bringing sunshine,no wind and a perfect -14C. We crunch away in our Sorel boots on the crispy frozen roads and…

Read More

Comments (2)

  1. Madge Nola Murdoch says:
    March 10, 2017 at 1:49 am

    I’m so pleased you included me in your blog. Even though snow leaves me cold (big pun there) you look so happy and your photography so good that I can see you’re on top of the world. More puns, I can’t believe it..
    Continue to enjoy everything. Nola x

    Reply
    1. mariolawierna says:
      March 12, 2017 at 6:06 am

      Thank you Nola, so nice to hear that you enjoyed it:)

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recent Posts

  • Family and Friends
  • Wakefield
  • Chilko grizzlies continued
  • The Chilko river grizzly bears
  • Bowen Island

Recent Comments

  1. Rhonda on Chilko grizzlies continued
  2. Rhonda on The Chilko river grizzly bears
  3. Rhonda on Bowen Island
  4. Rhonda on Flight adventures on the road to Calgary
  5. Rhonda on Stowaway (s)

Archives

  • October 2023
  • September 2023
  • August 2023
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017

Categories

  • Canada Bears
  • Denmark
  • France
  • Holland
  • Poland
  • Rwanda
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Tanzania
  • The Tuscany Adventure 2019
  • Uncategorized
©2025 Mariola's Travel Blog | WordPress Theme by SuperbThemes