Tour Highlights: Detailed sled dog mushing instruction, driving your own team Yukon River frontier village of Eagle (inaccessible by road in winter!) Yukon Quest Dog Sled Race Remote river wilderness wall tent camp Bush plane travel between Fairbanks and Eagle Participate at the official Yukon Quest checkpoint at the old school house in Eagle Historic cabin lodging in Eagle Complete Itinerary PDF File

Tour  Price and 2007 Dates: Trip Code Dates Comments 7Q1  Feb 12 - Feb 18   Cost per person: $2875 Group Size:  Maximum of 6 Note:  All modes of transportation beyond Fairbanks, lodging, meals and supplementary arctic winter gear are included.

Day  1     Fairbanks: PM arrival flights into Fairbanks; visit Yukon Quest headquarters/command center; visit University of Alaska Museum; dinner on the town; overnight in bed & breakfast on the Chena River

Day  2      Fairbanks-Eagle: Morning purchase of any last minute gear items; bush flight (1 hour) to remote community of Eagle on the Yukon River; dog mushing orientation with our particular canine colleagues; overnight in gold rush era log cabins

Day  3      Eagle-Calico Bluff camp: Morning departure down the Yukon River by dog sled (learning to drive the teams yourself); arrival at wall tent (wood stove heat!) camp at base of famed Calico Bluff; afternoon snowshoeing and skijoring --cross country skiing by dog power; dinner and overnight in wall tents. .

Day  4      Calico Bluff camp-Eagle: Breakfast in camp and leisurely return upriver to Eagle; afternoon activities dependent on arrival times of Yukon Quest front-runners at the official checkpoint in the old schoolhouse; participation in dog and musher "maintenance" of the trail weary race participants; overnight again in historic log cabins

Day  5     Eagle: Day trips by dog sled out of Eagle with possible overnight return to Calico Bluff camp along the Yukon Quest trail (dependent on race progress/ conditions); otherwise cabins; hopeful glorious display of northern lights . . .

Day  6     Eagle: Return to Eagle; visit historic Fort Egbert; "hang out" at the old schoolhouse checkpoint to visit with the stream of arriving mushers (who are much more relaxed now that they realize they are "out of the money"); overnight in cabins

Day  7     Eagle-Fairbanks: Return flight to Fairbanks; lunch downtown; departure flights for home