A friend posted a drone video of a musher with his dog sled team.  Now, all I want to do is go dog-sledding. I had to pull out the photographs from the two occasions that I had gone a number of years ago.  It's been awhile but I can still smell that fresh mountain air and hear the excited barking of the dogs.

We went with a tour company from Canmore.  Their driver picked up all those going and drove us out to the meeting spot where the dogs and sleds were waiting.  When all the dogs were hitched to the lines, we climbed into the sleds under some cozy blankets.  They gave us the option of learning to mush but I preferred to be the passenger so I could use my camera.

Just prior to leaving, the barking of the dogs was deafening.  They just wanted to go.  They were in a frenzy!  We followed the road to the Spray Lakes campground.  When we reached the end, the dogs were given time to rest.  We were taken onto the frozen lake surface and our guide shared information about the area.  As we listened and took all our photos, the other guides prepared some warm drinks and snacks for us.  Once the break was over, we mushed back to our starting point where the dogs were unhitched and given some warm broth made from chicken fat.

The tour that we chose was two hours in length.  It was perfect for a first time experience.  I would definitely go again and choose a half or full day tour.  There's nothing like sitting in that sled, moving across the snow with mountains on either side.

The guide that we had participated in the 2015 Ididtarod.  It was pretty exciting to watch the results of each leg to see where he was and how he was doing against the other mushers.  Christian came in 15th out of 66 mushers.  He did really well considering he's an Aussie!  His training with the winner, Dallas Seavey, paid off.