New England Dogsledding

if you haven’t put this on your Bucket List yet, then this is a «Must Do»!!! The people are wonderful and the dogs are very friendly. New England Dogsledding really knows how to do it right!!!

Hi, I’ve visited in the Winter and now in the Summer and had said the Winter is the best time to go but now I think it’s Summer.
I went last weekend and had an incredible time, thoroughly enjoying the entire experience. To sum it up, in the morning I walked outside to the front porch of the lodge and greeted a brilliantly sunny day and a spectacular view.
New England Dog Sledding is set at the Telemark Inn that’s on acres of beautiful land and from the front porch I saw beautiful gardens, horses running around their pin, llamas eating hay, organic veggies being grown and tons of hummingbirds. Coming from NYC, this just blew me away. It’s as much a sit back and relax or ‘hands-​on’ experience as you want, so I help feed all the critters, which I love doing and have never done before — I help brush horses, water the 70+ dogs, and got completely intimidated by Snowraven the llama when carrying around hay, not realizing how big llamas are and motivated by hay.
After a breakfast of omelets, griddlecakes, bagels (from NYC :), muffins and more, we set out on a hike from the lodge into the White Mountain national forest. We did an 8 mile loop to a rocky lookout point that i’ve only seen on the covers of hiking books. I got goosebumps looking over the ledge. For miles, we saw the Appalachian mountains and so many trees. The hike was in and out of luminescent green trees and hopping over brooks and just spectacular. After the hike we relaxed w/​lemonade and watched others feed hummingbirds from their hands, the buzzing from their wings is so cool.
A fan of critters, we went out on a drive to see Moose (some had never seen one) and twilight is the best time. We got lucky and saw a bunch, including a bull moose eating moss in a lake. The drive is so relaxing over rolling hills and beautiful nature scenery.
Back at the Lodge, we had grilled steaks and an amazing dinner, and sat around a big round table w/​great conversation w/​other guests. The vibe, fun, friendliness and relaxed nature of it all I have never found at any other place i’ve gone.
The experience is great for couples like us, and for families w/​kids b/​c the grounds have so much to do and there’s so much fun w/​the animals and places to go. For high-​energy outdoorsey people like myself, the outdoors is right there and you can go hiking, fishing, biking and skiing/​snowboarding in the winter.
The caretakers and animal lovers Steve and Leo do an amazing job hosting and integrating the animals and land into the experience, leaving me feeling recharged, more knowledgeable and excited to go back.
I highly recommend the trip and experience, have fun!

I was incredibly disappointed by my experience with New England Dog Sledding.
I bought a gift certificate for a dog sledding ride as a Christmas gift. We finally picked a date to use it, and I emailed Steve at New England Dog Sledding to book an appointment. It took a few weeks for Steve to finally get back to me, and I had to send a second email to get a response from him. This was our first red flag.
He finally responded and we confirmed a date. The place is a hefty 4-​hour drive from Boston. We called a few days beforehand and once more the morning before we left Boston to confirm that we were still on for the sled ride. Steve didn’t answer his phone either time, but we figured he was out with other groups on sled rides. We left a message and told him to call us if there were any issues.
Four hours later, we arrive at the dog sledding place. No one is there.
We call Steve. No response.
We call the Telemark Inn, which New England Dog Sledding is affiliated with. No response.
Eventually, we turn around, and drive the four hours back to Boston.
When I sent Steve an email asking for a refund, he only apologized for the «lack of communication.» There was no lack of communication — we made an appointment that he failed to keep. We actually went out of our way to confirm the appointment with him multiple times, on multiple days, over both email and phone. There’s no excuse for this mistake.
He finally issued me a refund, but only after quizzing me about what the dog sledding farm looked like, as though I was lying about going there on our appointed day. He was totally baffled as to how we got directions there (spoiler: we went on their website and clicked on the link marked «Directions»).
I would have loved to go dog sledding; it would have been a fun and unique experience. New England Dog Sledding really let us down. Don’t waste your time or money with them.

We have always wanted to go dog sledding and heard about this place in the middle of our ski trip at Sunday River. I called the owner and was able to arrange a super last minute trip. Initially we only wanted to go out for about an hour but it was not possible to have the dogs and equipment transported and set up for such a short trip. So we ended up going on the half day trip, which was well worth it. In the beginning we got some lessons and interesting facts from our musher, Andy. We took turns mushing and learning the ways of dogsledding. Halfway through we stopped at a beautiful lookout point for a short break. We thought we might become bored on such a long trip but when this happened we were able to bundle up in the sled and enjoy the breathtaking views. We also got to partake in harnessing the dogs and providing their post journey meal of meat broth. The dogs were super enthusiastic about getting to work and the staff was also amazing. I highly recommend dogsledding, as well as this company.