This week-long program begins Sunday afternoon in Whitehorse. Guests are picked up in Whitehorse at 3:00 p.m. It is recommended that guests arrive a day early (Saturday) and overnight in Whitehorse (at their expense) to overcome jetlag, ensure their baggage arrives and to allow for the threat of missing a connection due to winter weather complications. (see our add hotel option for gay approved hotels) If this is impossible and guests arrive on the Sunday flight, we will pick them up at the airport at the time of the flight's arrival. Many of our guests choose to spend an hour or so at the McBride Museum located in downtown Whitehorse as it is a fantastic introduction to the fauna and history of the Yukon.

After driving West for thirty minutes we arrive at the Homestead.  Here you will be outfitted with gear, receive a “Mushing 101” lesson and become acquainted with your own dog team and sled.  Our guests are outfitted with expedition quality arctic clothing. Examples are Arctic parkas with fur ruffs, Chomo insulated bib pants, Weber-Malakov Sorel boots, and Apocalypse overmitts. While the average winter temperatures are between minus 10° and 25° degrees Celsius, we have had clients on Aurora trips in -40° C and they were never cold!

Guests spend the first couple of days going on daytrips from the Homestead, getting used to their sled and their team. On Wednesday we mush into the yurt basecamp where we spend the next two nights. On Thursday the dogs get a well deserved rest and we go for a snowshoeing interpretive trip, returning to the camp for a sauna and celebratory feast! Friday we mush out back to the Homestead, and Saturday we finish with the excitement of either hooking additional dogs up or trying our hand at mushing a more technical trail. By the end of this week you will be mushing like a seasoned "Sourdough"!