Multi-Day Expedition

Day 1

In the morning/ before dinner we’ll start planning the trip and check the weather forecasts for the next five days. We’ll also carry out an expectation clarification (where we talk about your expectations for the trip, as well as what will be required of you along the way, and a little about the importance of communication, etc.). 

Further, we will execute an inspection of the equipment required for the trip; i.e. testing tents and primuses.

Afterward, we’ll do a round in the dog yard to greet the dogs you are going to use the following days. Then we do a brief review of the safety and technique of dog sledding. You will participate in harnessing those dogs, before we do a short practice tour on the sled. We drive approximately 5 km. 

Horisont Husky offers food and necessary dog ​​equipment for the trip. Packing of equipment is done on the morning of day 2. We provide tents for the trip and have estimated one tent per two people. Feel free to tell us if you have your own tent or other preferences. We recommend you bring your own winter sleeping bag for the trip. If you want to rent or possibly buy from us, we request you contact us in advance of the trip.

Day 2

On day 2, we eat breakfast together at 0600. The food we’re eating for lunch comes from Drytech Field Meal and requires hot/ boiling water, so it’s important to boil water to fill in your Thermos.

After breakfast, we pack our equipment and set off to the starting point of the tour. The drive from the kennel to the starting point can take from 10-40 min, according to the weather conditions. Keep in mind that we are at 70 degrees north, and the weather can vary A LOT! If we are lucky, we start right from the dog yard.

At the starting point, we pack our sleds, hook up the dogs and leave. 

We eat lunch on the sleds about 1200. This will be a short break, where we snack the dogs and sit by or on top of the sled to eat. Dogsledding the first day ends at 16-1700. Progress depends on weather and trail conditions as well as your skill level. The location of the first camp depends on these factors, but we emphasize safety and comfort for you and the dogs first. The trip will mostly be in alpine and low alpine terrain so there’s not much to protect us from the weather. It’s important to find a place where the wind does not take too much hold and where we can find water and some shelter.

Horisont Husky practices "leave no trace" – LNT. This means that all toilet paper is burned after a toilet visit (which happens in makeshift snow toilet pit). 

We bring all our garbage back down from the mountain, nothing is left behind. We want nature to be the same as it was when we arrived at the campsite.

Day 3

Day 3 starts at 06-07. Two people (possibly one if we are only three) will help with giving the dogs food and water, as well as fetching more water and digging down dog litter. After our last toilet visits, we dig the toilet pit shut. Meanwhile, the remaining two people will prepare breakfast/ boil water. If it’s not too cold they can also pack down the sleeping bags and their own personal equipment to the extent appropriate. We then eat breakfast, take down the tents (it’s important that each tent team helps each other), help dig up the dogs' stakeout line, pack the sleds and lastly, set the dogs in the team.

We then head towards the tours base camp, where we will stay throughout the next day.

The length of the leg to base camp can vary. Since we are going to be resting the next day we are very flexible regarding time and location. If you’d like, we can set out some fishing lines when we arrive at camp, in the hope of catching fish for dinner the next day during the night. In order to fish on Fefo grounds, you have to have a fishing permit. You can buy this at www.fefo.no. If you need help with this, please reach out prior to the trip.

Please note that special rules apply to people residing outside of Norway. However, you are allowed to fish outside the 5 km zone when you are our guests, as Horisont Husky has granted an exemption regarding this.

Day 4

The plan for day 4 is to rest at base camp. It’s usually desirable with some rest after three intense days of dogsledding, especially to absorb the impressions of the first days. If there are conditions for it, we can make a campfire outside or build a snow-wall to relax in the sun. Nature is diverse, and the weather varied so we’ll adapt to what is possible and what you want. Snow is a fantastic building material and can be customized. Storytelling is a natural part of this.

We eat breakfast together, feed and care for the dogs. There are opportunities for fishing, or to just enjoy the day. In the evening we’ll eat a joint dinner with either self-caught fish or reindeer the Horisont way (or both😊).

Day 5

On the last day, we start at 0700 and repeat the routines of days 2 and 3. Todays goal is to drive home. This leg can range from 4 to 8 hours, so it’s important that we boil enough water and make sure to drink enough both before and also during the trip.

We end the day at the facilities of Horisont Husky, with unpacking. In the evening, we’ll eat dinner together and do an evaluation of the tour. 

Available from 1st of march until end of April - on request.

Packing list

PER TENT TEAM ( 2 persons)

Cooking set (2 pots, a coffee pot and a frying pan)

Spatula and ladle for food

First aid kit, personal must contain individual needs

Snow shovel, min one per team

Water can (can be borrowed from HH)

Axe (can also be borrowed from HH)

Personal equipment - requirements

Waterproof bag or rucksack that holds all personal clothing. A good example is the North Face's waterproof Duffel bag in size M.

Waterproof pack sack for sleeping bag (can also use a sturdy rubbish bag. It is important to have a compression cover for the sleeping bag. Sleeping bag for winter use. Should have comfort temperatures down to comfort -25 °C, especially for ladies.

Good sleeping mat. Here, of course, I recommend Down food from Exped, but as long as you are comfortable with the equipment and know your limitations, I will offer nothing but recommendations 😊 But good comfort increases the hiking experience for most people 😊

An extra set of woolen underwear from head to toe, also including extra woolen socks of the warm kind. Remember woolen boxers or woolen underpants. For women, it is highly recommended to wear a wool bra!

Extra wool sweater, or equivalent

Large mittens with inner mittens

Gloves for winter use. Preferably also some normal work gloves of the assembly glove type. Are not the warmest, but will protect your hands against direct contact with cold surfaces.

Buff or headover preferably of wool

A insulated good hat with earflaps of the windproof type. We can offer tips if you wish. HH has some to borrow, in which case we need to know sizes.

Goggles/snow goggles

In storms you can't see anything without glasses, and we have to.

Large insulated outer jacket, "big jacket" type. Here HH has some jackets to lend, we need to know sizes just in case, but if you have any you use, down jacket or similar. Can be rented from HH

Windproof outer jacket or shell jacket.

Shell/wind trousers, with plenty of room for up to two layers of woolen underwear underneath, or similar

Winter boots and overshoes from the Norwegian Army type, Mittet, NEOS or similar types. I can provide some large waterproof winter boots with warm inner lining/shoes. Can be rented from HH

Sunglasses with a high factor Sunscreen factor 50

Moisturizer for hands, without water.

Lypsyl for cold conditions.

Thermos or insulated water bottle (Nalgene with an old wool sock on the outside works well 😊). You can also have a thermos per tent layer, but then you must have your own drinking bottle.

Travel cup

Tour barrel

Cutlery (spoon, knife, fork)

Knife

Matches or Storm Lighter in waterproof packaging

Toilet paper in waterproof packaging with a matchbox inside

Sanitary napkins or similar. Should be kept in the sleeping bag at night 😉

Other necessary personal equipment such as:

Toothbrush, toothpaste etc. Headlamp with rechargeable batteries

Nice to have a list - should be limited as much as possible, fex.

• Wool tank tops or light clay shoes are nice to have but not a must

• Windproof trousers, light, can be worn with everything

• Light down jacket for camp use or to have in the big jacket

HORISONT HUSKY COVERS:

• Real field meal for the entire trip, type Real Field Meal. Lots of different snacks in these packages. Or any other meal on the costumers request.

• Arctic 4-season tent, preferably with an entrance area that is large enough to sit in. Should be a spacious three-man tent with storm mats. Including extra snow plugs for winter use.

• Functional primus/fire stoves for winter use

• Primus and primus/pot base

• Extra dry coffee/tea

• Dogs, dog sleds, dog equipment such as stall systems, and dog food. Emergency transmitter, Inreach

• First aid equipment

• Icedrill to provide water

Regarding payment

We request you to pay a deposit of 20 % of the price. You will not get back the deposit if you cancel the tour.The remaining 80 % should be paid 14 days before your arrival.

Cancellation

Cancellation must be made as soon as there is a reason not to conduct the tour.

• Cancellations between the time of booking and 2 months before arrival will be charged the booking deposit which is 20% of the booking’s total amount.

• Cancellations between two months days and one month before arrival will be charged 50% of the booking’s total amount.

• Cancellations between 1 month and 15 days before arrival will be charged 75% of the booking’s total amount.

• Cancellations within two weeks days of arrival will be charged 100% of the booking’s total amount.

• If we, Horisont Husky, must cancel for any reason you will get back the total amount you’d paid us including the booking deposit.

• It is your own responsibility to ensure you have a cancellation insurance. Check this up with your insurance company.

Your obligations as a participant

• To read your booking confirmation and check that all dates and products are booked according to your requirements. If not, please contact us to correct any misunderstandings immediately.

• Provide us with correct contact details when booking.

• Provide us with the correct information about age, nationality, emergency contact person, health condition, food restrictions, physical ability and size information (if applicable) for all participants when making the reservation.

• Follow the instructions and rules that apply to animals, activity, accommodation, transfer etc. You are liable for all damages resulting from your behavior.

Force majeure

Force majeure means unusual, unpredictable and unavoidable events that are outside of the organizers control, and that prevents the contract to be fulfilled. Circumstances that the organizer could not, within reasonable means, have foreseen and therefore could not have avoided or overcome. Including, but not restricted to, war, threat of war, riot, civilian insubordination or strike, authority measure, act of terrorism, nature- or industrial catastrophe, fire, severe weather conditions, flood, closed air ports, technical issues, maintenance issues or unforeseen changes made by airlines or train companies, such as time table changes, interruption in IT-infrastructure (including but not restricted to our web site). During these conditions the organizer is free from liability or other consequences.