A full day of non-stop dogsledding!
As always the safety of our clients, dogs, and guides are of the upmost importance to us. With this in mind and with the new restrictions outlined in the province of Alberta on Dec 8, 2020, we have implemented new booking, tour, and cancellation policies.
Please contact the office if you have any questions regarding our situation or policies. We are excited about the winter season and getting out on the trail! We appreciate your assistance in keeping us all safe and healthy!
The Mad Dogs Team
You start at 9:00 am at the trailhead for approx. 30 min of orientation on dog sledding, dog handling, and equipment. After assisting the guides with setting up the sleds, you hit the trail. First you head out over the frozen lake then up into the trees to navigate an exciting trail around Mt Nestor to your first rest stop at Mt Nester Viewpoint.
After a snack and warm drink, you will then continue South down the lake, past Buller Creek & Smutz Creek, following the South shore to our day camp below Isolation Ridge.
Here you will enjoy a hot lunch trailside, prepared for you by the Mad Dog Cafe & Market, and have a chance to enjoy the views SW down Bryant Creek and W to the flanks of Fortune Mountain.
Once back on the trail, you will loop around the Frozen Islands, going up and down frozen ice rifts, to connect to the trail back to the trailhead.
This tour requires a reasonable level of physical fitness and stamina.
This tour requires a reasonable level of physical fitness and stamina.
Tour begins at 9:00 am
This tour is weather dependant.
Tour duration is approx 7.5 - 8 hours depending on trail conditions which includes orientation, dogsledding, campfire, snacks, beverages and lunch.
The only way to get to the Spray Lakes is to drive yourself. There is no public transportation available into this area. As it is a secondary gravel road to the trailhead, we ask that vehicles have a min of front wheel drive and good all-season tires. If nervous about driving in winter conditions, we can provide a lead car to the site from the Mad Dog Cafe in Dead Man's Flats. It would take approx 2.25 hrs from Calgary, 35 min from Canmore, and 1.25 hours from Banff. See our "Map Page" for more info.
There are a number of dog sledding companies in the Canadian Rockies to choose from. At Mad Dogs & Englishmen Expeditions, we believe in providing an authentic experience, with small group sizes, usually with a maximum of 3 sleds unless more are required for larger groups. By choosing us, you will experience a more personable, relaxed, real adventure... Experience what mushing is really like!
This tour cannot be booked online. If interested in booking this tour, please fill out the inquiry form provided for you or call our office directly.
We run our tours with the following configuration:
Guide-Driven Sled + Client-Driven Sled + Guide-Driven Sled and so on...
For the safety of our dogs and you the humans, please read open and read this document BEFORE you make a booking.