Dogsledding Trips with Mahoosuc Guide Service February 2020
It has been a busy winter here at Mahoosuc with lots of trips to Umbagog Lake and happy to have a nice loop trail in Grafton Flats.
It has been a busy winter here at Mahoosuc with lots of trips to Umbagog Lake and happy to have a nice loop trail in Grafton Flats.
We guided our first trip into Katahdin Woods and Water National Monument. The dogs always enjoy going on different trails not to mention the mushers as well!
We have many trips left this winter and expect to be guiding through March. We have a good snow cover and more on the way. Click here to see our dogsledding schedule on our website.
Harvard University sent another great group of students who really appreciated their outdoor experience with us. This video shows a bit about their time at Mahoosuc!
We were very sorry to say good bye to Brianna. She lived a good life to the age of 13 1/2 years old. Brianna was a MacKenzie River husky and flew down to Mahoosuc from Alaska as a puppy. Her genes live on here with her kids and grandkids. Brianna was a very sweet dog who just loved riding around in vehicles. She lived out her retirement with good friends of ours, Judy & Howard.
Thank you for giving her a comfortable last few years of her life.
Here is a video taken by an enthusiast client from sitting inside the dogsled! We have one spot left on our Dogsledding with the Inuit trip April 12-21, 2020. This is a unique cultural experience and dogsledding adventure. People are signing up for our canoe trips which start in May. Click here to view our summer calendar. Hope you are all enjoying this beautiful winter! Polly & Kevin & all the doggies
Guided Allagash river trips are one of the most pleasant and relaxing canoe trips in Maine. You can see Moose, Eagles, and all the wildlife.
I have been guiding on the Allagash river since 1974 and over the years I’ve seen a distinct pattern in terms of usage. Canoeists must use designated campsites on the waterway and there is no reservation system. In peak periods if paddlers don’t secure a campsite by mid-day or shortly thereafter, they may end up […]
For many avid canoeists, the Allagash River Canoe Trip is on their bucket list, and for good reason. Protected by the citizens of Maine through a referendum in 1966, the mandate was to preserve its “forever wild” state. It truly is some of the wildest areas left in the east. In this article, we’ll help […]
Since I was a teenager it was always on my bucket list to paddle the Allagash. In 2018 I retired from a burdensome career and signed up to paddle the river with Mahoosuc guide service (mgs). It was better than wonderful. All I had to do was show up. They provided all the gear and it was good stuff. The river was beautiful, the sights, smells, scenery, distant mountain views were gorgeous. Polly and associate guides were wonderful and fun to be with. They were attentive, careful, observant and caring and brought campfire cooking to an epicurean level. In March 2019 I went on a dog sled winter camping trip with Kevin and Polly and several other guides. It also was great. Safety was paramount. The dogs were eager, energetic, focused and affectionate. The camp was something out of a Jack London novel. Each tent had a small wood stove and was roasty toasty warm. Food was great and plentiful. Kevin and Polly are so much fun to be with. They always made sure I was warm, well fed and happy;
Then in May 2019 I went on a two night canoe trip with my wife and another couple and they are not campers. We had a great time. The four of us, two lady guides (Polly and Jean) and we saw loons and moose and beaver and sunsets.
And then in August I went with MGS to paddle 170 miles on the Yukon river in Alaska. I am getting older, if I don’t do this stuff now, when will I?? It was better than wonderful. I reminisce about all these trips every day. Time is short, life is short, I need to pack it in. Once this pandemic is over, Polly and Kevin will not be able to get rid of me. Polly and Kevin are the models of Maine Master Guides against whom all others should be compared.