Dogsledding at Wilderness Trail Outfitters, Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Wilderness Trail Outfitters is Michigans Top Dog Sledding Center.

Experience Michigan's Unique Dog Sledding Center

Wilderness Trail Outfitters

a Unique Wilderness Experience

Home of
Arzareth Racing Kennel

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This home page has become our bulletin board for things going on here at Wilderness Trail Outfitters. Please use the links below or scroll to the bottom of this page for a table of contents of our website. Thank You for visiting our website and we hope to see you on our trails.

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What's on this page
what's new on the website Job Description daily weather forecast
index to the pages of this website

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Whats so unique about us: We are just dog people who love our dogs, love to travel by dogs, love to camp with our dogs. We are not driven by a race venue and fill-in in-between, we are driven because of the love for this breed and what they offer to us for traveling this wilderness area. ALL of the dogs here go through dog obedience classes (that alone sets us apart from everybody else) so I can ensure you a safe wilderness experience. I do not charge you to come and pet the dogs, you can come early and/or stay after we have gotten back from the tour (even have a cup of hot chocolate with us) or you can stop here any time you like spring-summer-fall-winter to pet the dogs and visit. We have a long ways to travel (the length of our tours is another thing that separates us) in the times our tours last and other then stops for pictures and lunches it takes all the time allotted for the specific tour to get back here at the kennel. I don't have a huge advertising costs, and don't want it, its you and the word of mouth of your dogsled adventure that is the success story for me and my dogs here.

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click here to read one of the most awesome dogsled true stories

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It is over, thank you Lord for keeping us all safe, the trails are getting bare, thanks to all of you for dogsledding with us and making this another successful season.
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We have already started to take reservations for the upcoming dogsled season 2009-2010. Holiday weeks and 3 day weekends are the first to fill.

I am taking reservations also for our NEW dogsledding experience, for the last week of March and the first 2 weeks of April I will be up north dogsledding along Lake Superior. I have established a beautiful trail system that entails about 40 miles. To see a few videos of the area click on the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvsk05SKWmU&feature=channel lk superior

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Weather outlook for the next 4 months is warm to hot|!!!!!!!!! Click on the link below for current and next 7 days weather forecast.

http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/weather/

BRING foot and hand warmers!!!!!!!!!! also bring sleeping bags to put into the sled bag to help keep warm.

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We proudly feed Petersens Hi-Energy dog food.
for inquiries on dog food we are only a phone call away.
906-280-6612
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The boys came in 4th at the 12 dog pro TCSDR race!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We scratched in the 200. We will try next year!!!!

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Join Fred, Rick and Geri, Bobbie Jo, Brandon, and the rest of the staff at Wilderness Trail Outfitters on a unique wilderness experience, mushing dog teams across the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

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Ok class, today you will be learning about the people who will be mushing your sleds!!!!!!!
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Picture of the month
its time to rock and roll

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Reservations for the 2009/2010 dogsled season are already being made. So please make your reservation early.

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To see pics of dogs for adoption and pups for sale. click here.

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What's new on the website:

New dogs posted on the dog for sale page

New Page of Old Friends our Salute to dogs that made us what we are and have passed on or been retired, Tips and Tricks , read about ways to cure bad habits and things that we do here for health and feeding our best friends.
Our Family page (more kids)

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New - 1-hour dogsled trip $55.00 per person price is based on 2 people per sled

and Lake Superior trips in March and April

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If it is to cold in the winter for you to dogsled then come with us on a Fall Training Run, the fall training runs have started out with a huge success with individuals and families learning what it takes to get a dog team in shape for the snow season. Click on Fall training run to see pictures and to read what our customers have to say about it.

For those of you who are new to the dogsled world check out our "What to Expect" page.

Adults are now ready for adoption
Breeding and Training Alaskan Husky adults and puppies for working pets.

Fall Training tours start September 1

Dogsled Tours start on December 1 and run to April 30

Job Description
All positions are filled at this time. Please check back from time to time for any openings. If you feel that you have a huge desire to learn about training and running Alaskan Huskies please send a resume for consideration at another time. Thank You

To all journalists, this is an invitation for you for a free dogsledding trip. The catch is, you need to write an article on your experience here and have it published. If interested please call or e-mail.

Gift certificates available

If it takes a few days to return your call/e-mail we are probably out with the dogs and we apologize for the delay.

If you do not receive a response from an e-mail you send us, please resend the e-mail as it may have gotten deleted by our spam mail detector.

For those of you who are new to the dogsled world check out our "What to Expect" page.

Between Lake Michigan and Lake Superior lies an expanse of land called the Upper Peninsula of Michigan containing thousands of square miles of semi wilderness to wilderness area. Between these two great bodies of water are marshlands and lakes with fir, pine, and spruce trees dotting their shores. These lowlands are surrounded by upland ridges where maple, birch, beech, red pine, and the great white pines thrive.

After the summer growing season, when the trees lose their coat of leaves, the winds shift from south to north ushering in the beginning of a long winter blanket of snow with temperatures around zero. It is now time for the adventures of dog sledding in the Hiawatha National Forest.

The picture to the left is supplied by Eric Deaton

Whatever your age (12 to 80 years young) we can customize your wilderness dog sledding adventure. If you would like to ride or drive (mush) a dog sled for 2 hours, 4 hours, 6 hours, a weekend All Inclusive Package or take one of our Wilderness Experience Tours or anything in between, we can accommodate your wilderness dog sledding adventure.