Drive Your Own Dog Team – Winter

General information

Spend a day at our small family-run husky farm in Målselv and experience dog sledding away from the busier tourism areas around Tromsø.

With a maximum of only six guests, the experience is deliberately small and personal. This gives us time to get to know each guest, introduce you properly to the dogs and adapt the guiding and pace to the people joining us. Couples, families, friends and private groups are all welcome.

Your experience begins with an introduction to dog sledding and safety before you meet your team of working Alaskan huskies and learn how to handle the sled.

Two guests normally share one sled, taking turns driving their own dog team and riding as a passenger. Because the groups are small, this can often be adapted according to experience, confidence and the conditions on the day.

Rather than offering a short sled ride, we want to give you time outdoors with the dogs. Depending on snow and weather conditions, you will spend around two hours outside, travelling through quiet forests and open winter landscapes.

Along the way, we stop for a relaxed break around the fire. While the dogs rest, you can enjoy a warm lunch and hot drinks before continuing with the teams.

Back at the farm, you can help unharness the dogs and spend more time with them before gathering indoors for coffee, tea or hot chocolate and homemade cake.

For us, dog sledding is about more than the ride itself. It is an opportunity to meet the dogs, learn how a working husky team functions and experience a little of everyday life at a family-run husky farm in Northern Norway.

No previous dog sledding experience is required. Participants should have normal mobility and be able to balance on the sled, brake actively and occasionally help the dogs uphill. With our small groups, the guiding and pace can often be adapted to individual participants.

Included:
• Around 2 hours outdoors with the dogs, including dog sledding and a break around the fire
• Your own team of Alaskan huskies – normally 2 guests share one sled
• Professional English-speaking guide and personal instruction
• Warm lunch around the fire
• Vegetarian and vegan options available
• Coffee, tea or hot chocolate and homemade cake at the farm
• Winter clothing, boots and mittens if needed
• Transfer between Bardufoss town centre and the husky farm for guests arriving by bus

Please bring:
• Warm wool base layers, top and bottom
• Warm socks
• Hat and gloves
• Sunglasses on sunny spring days, recommended
• Camera

Number of participants: Min. 2 – max. 6

Private departures are available on request.

Level of difficulty: Medium

Departure time and place:

OffTrack Experience Husky Farm
Evenmoveien 158
9334 Øverbygd, Norway

Winter departures:
Monday–Friday: 9 AM (09:00) and 2 PM (14:00)
Saturday–Sunday: 11 AM (11:00)

How to get here:

The husky farm can be reached by rental car or public transport from Tromsø. Selected departures are coordinated with public bus connections between Tromsø and Bardufoss.

For guests travelling by bus, the transfer between Bardufoss town centre and the husky farm is included.

Detailed travel information and current bus connections are provided with the booking confirmation.

Duration: Approximately 4–5 hours, including around 2 hours outdoors with the dogs, dog sledding and a relaxed break around the fire.

Questions or booking enquiries?
We’d be happy to hear from you.

[email protected]

+47 980 01 213

Prices from

4000 NOK per person

• - Private departures from NOK 4 000 per person, minimum 5 guests.
• - Festive season (10 December–10 January) NOK 4 500 per person.