Taste of the North Woods Dog Sledding Experience

1 ½ hour experience

You’ll be immersed in the lifestyle of a north woods dog musher once you arrive at our off-grid homestead tucked away in the remote wilderness of Minnesota’s Arrowhead Region. This promises to be an experience of a lifetime!

The Points Unknown sled dogs are friendly and exuberant and always up for adventure and meeting new people. You’ll be getting a taste of dog mushing and the dogs will already be harnessed and ready to go! All you need to do is jump in the sled and we’re off! For dog lovers, there will be some cuddle time with the sled dogs after your adventure on the trail.

We’re located 7 miles up the Arrowhead Trail on Irish Creek Road in Hovland, about 19 miles northeast of Grand Marais, MN, USA. Directions are here.

The timeline for your entire dog sledding experience is around 1 ½ hours, and can vary slightly depending upon how much time you would like to spend in the dog yard, playing with the dogs, after the adventure. It’s entirely up to you! We have two time slots available daily; 10AM and 2PM

If you’ve chosen the morning adventure, please arrive in the parking area by 10AM to take full advantage of your time with us.

Prior to your experience, we’ll chat with you about what you can expect, and if you have any special needs we need to be aware of. All of this is done so that your time with us can be most fulfilling. Here is a list of what to wear.

Safety

For optimal trail time, we suggest no more than 4 people in each time slot. However, we can tailor the adventure to your group, so let’s chat! For the safety and enjoyment for the dogs, the musher, and you, there is a weight limit in place of 275 pounds per sled. No more than two people per sled. (1 adult/1 child, 2 smaller adults or 1 person in each sled)

Children under the age of 5 are invited to come along to meet the dogs, however, no one under the age of 5 will be allowed to ride in the sled.

Please email us or call to book your adventure! linda@points-unknown.com or 218.370.0283

This promises to be an experience of a lifetime!

Cancellation Policy

We hope you’ll understand that we likely had to turn down others that wanted a Points Unknown experience at the very same time you have scheduled yours. We do need to be able to count on your reservation. If you do need to cancel, please do so as soon as you can so that we can open your adventure to others that might be waiting. Additionally, if cancellation does not take place prior to 30 days of your scheduled adventure, we will retain the entire adventure fee unless we are able to book your time slot within that time period. Trips that are canceled due to hazardous weather or dangerous driving conditions from your local accommodations will be fully refunded. Cancellation policy applies to gift certificates, as well. If you booked during the holiday tour season that takes place between December 24th and January 5th or have booked a customized group experience, you have prepaid and a credit will be provided if there is a significant snow event making it impossible for you to make it to Points Unknown from your local accommodations or in the unlikely event that there is not enough snow for your adventure. If not enough snow, there is a wheeled option with sled dogs available where we use our 4 seater UTV that is used for our Fall & Spring tours.