The first half of this winter will go to the history as one of the warmest in a very long time. The snow has arrived one month later than it usually does up here. But, finally we got some snow, just in time for this tour and just enough so we could start going with
The rain is pouring down in Jokkmokk and we are longing for the white clear winter days. The huskies has been in training already since the beginning of August and are just as happily excited and eager each new training run regardless of the weather. We sit wet and muddy on the quads and dream
A roasting hot summer in Jokkmokk with +27 C in the shadow. The summer proceeds with some shorter canoe tours, kennel visits and with people renting canoes and kayaks from us. Today a solo travelling guy rented a canoe for a two weeks canoe adventure in lake Karats. Two weeks to enjoy the silence and
Every year the staff at Saltoluokta Mountain Station do something fun together for a few days to celebrate the breaking-up for the season. Just as last spring we did a breaking-up tour together. This year they were quite many so some had to go with skis. So with dog teams and skis we went up
After the first night spent at Saltoluokta Mountain Station we loaded the dogs in the car trailer and drove up to Ritsem. On the tour this week were Richard and Jacob from US. During the week we got changing weather with everything from wind and snow flurries to bright sunshine and heating sun. From Sitasjaure
After the first dog sledding course it was time for course number 2. We are very happy that the Swedish Tourist Organization managed to book two fully booked groups. Like the last week we began the course with a day tour down to Björkudden where we ate lunch at Camp Björkudden. The next day we
For many years we have been the organizer of a Dog sledding course run by the Swedish Tourist Organization. This year we did not only have human participants on the course. Puppy “Yra” 10 week old, daughter of Lisa also learned about dog sledding. She was born in February and travelled in Mattis sled. Sometimes
This week we had several previous guests coming back. Ulla (Sweden) who followed us on the tour The northern Kings Trail with huskies in 2009 and Paula and Franco (Italy) which followed on the tour The gate to Sarek National Park in 2010. We also got two new guests, Dorothea (Netherlands) and Terje (Norway). We
With our sight fixed towards Sarek National Park we drove our fully loaded dogsleds west from Saltoluokta. This year Siergas Sami group had almost no reindeers in the area and we were relatively free to choose the route without interfering in their work with the reindeers. On this year’s Explore Sarek tour we had two
During the years going by we have had many returning guests on our tours. Ewald and Laura are two of them. Ewald joined on the tour The gate to Sarek National Park 2009 and Laura has been on a shorter tour. Since 2009 they have also bought a house outside Jokkmokk which they visit very