We have been dreaming about this for a very long time and now we finally did it: ride a Husky sledge through the wilderness of Finnish Lapland.
Together with 4 friends we boarded a plane to Helsinki where we spent half a day and stayed for one night. Us 2 had already been in Helsinki some years ago and it was funny to return and how everything felt so familiar.
... but as soon as we put them in front of the sledges they turned mad and all they wanted to do was run!!
On our last day we got up early at 5AM to get ready for our longest stage - 70km back to the dog camp. We left at 7 and the first hour we rode through the darkness with our headlamps. We were impressed how powerful the dogs were even on the fourth day - they ran the 70km in 7 hours.
Friday was our day "off" and as it was beautiful weather again we rented snowshoes and did a wonderful hike on the hill (we would rather not call it a mountain ;-) ) nearby.
Lapland in winter - we are in love!
We have the feeling February is a very good time to visit Lapland. The days are already much longer than most people would think (we had sunlight from 9 until 5) yet the sun never rises higher than 10°. As a result the landscape shines in a wonderful golden light.
some of us went into the Sauna every day for 10 days in a row.
most of the time we had temperatures around -10°C. All the locals kept telling us that this is way too warm for February.