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| "Come join us and our dogs ... where civilization ends and your adventure begins" |
| This winter step off the grid and go for the ride of your life. On Minnesota's North Shore of Lake Superior Dress warm. Make memories. Ride with the Irish Creek huskies! Offering 1-Hour, 2-Hour and Half-Day Sled Dog Tours Guided by experienced mushers |
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Call 218-370-0882 anytime day or night! We live in the woods, off the grid, without internet access. But we leave the answering machine on. So call us and we'll call you back!  |
| What To Expect What is a Sled Dog Tour? It is a great ride through the woods, tucked into a runnered sled, carried along by a team of huskies (usually 8), with a musher directing the dogs and sled. Our tours bring you through birch, pine and cedar groves, including near some beautiful old growth stands of pine, and along small trout lakes. Our neck of the woods is moose and wolf country, and we may see tracks and scat, hear the wolves talking to our team, and even see a moose once-in-a-great-while. The 1-Hour ride is ideal for riders who want to give dog sledding a try. Each of our two sleds has a 250-pound load limit, so we will place you in sleds accordingly. The 2-Hour tour allows for more time in the woods and is great for folks who love the outdoors. Half-Day and specialty tours are set up to meet your specific wishes. Each trip route is chosen to provide you the best ride taking into account the weather, the group size, the length of the the tour and the snow conditions. An experienced musher guides and handles the team the entire time. The ride is smooth, bumpy, fast, slow, exhilirating and beautiful. |
What To Bring The great thing about a sled dog tour is the dogs and mushers do all the work. You are in the sled for a the ride, the adventure and the scenery. So all you really need to do is dress warm! It's winter and you won't be moving around much, so we suggest that you wear :: . . . and don't forget your camera! 
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Where We Are Irish Creek Kennels is located in Hovland, Minnesota, on the North Shore of Lake Superior. We are about 20 miles NE of Grand Marais and 40 miles NE of Lutsen along Highway 61 and then a few miles inland on the Arrowhead Trail (County Road 16). We will give you directions to the start point of the tour when you make reservations. We may be a bit out of the way, but that allows us to take you on a ride through some of the prettiest wilderness areas inland from Lake Superior. R A T E S 1- Hour Ride ... $105 2-Hour Ride ... $160 Kids under 12 ... half-price Half-Day & Specialty Tours ... inquire  |
| Meet Dayna, Brian & the Pups! We, Dayna and Brian, met 10 years ago canoeing on the Gunflint Trail. We were seasoned paddlers and guides and soon found we shared another outdoor interest --- dog sledding. Brain was already mushing and after we married, we traveled to Alaska, working with an Iditarod musher and his kennel for a year. We returned to Minnesota with improved mushing experieince, and the start of our future kennel, Alaskan Huskies! Over the past handful of years, we have continued mushing and working to build our kennel, the Irish Creek Kennel, named for the stream running near our home. The winter of 2007 broucht a much-anticipated event, the opening of our Irish Creek Kennels to the public for Sled Dog Tours. We are excited to share our love of dogs, the outdoors, and mushing with you. When not providing sled dog rides, we continue to work with the teams, training the dogs for a future sled dog race (our next dream!). And playing with the new pups! Two litters of Husky puppies were born into the kennel in 2007. Dayna is holding the Popeye, Sherman & Sazo, three of the late summer puppies, also pictured below with their siblings. And a second litter was born in late November, bringing the dog count to 21 at Irish Creek. We look forward to meeting you and giving you the ride of your life! Dayna & Brian |
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| Nubbin, Bleat & Browser born on deer opener, 2007 |
Dayna & Browser |
Brian with Pickle & Red Man |