Alaska Wilderness Adventures

04/23/2026

Our last epic trip to the White Mountains a 169 mile run through most beautiful landscape in Alaska Fairbanks. Looking forward to the next season.

04/08/2026

Handler position

🐾 Now Hiring: Sled Dog Handler / Guide – Alaska /in the golden heart city Fairbanks 🇺🇸(2026–2027 Season) ❄️

We’re looking for a hardworking, reliable person to join our sled dog team from 1st of Sept 2026 through April 2027.
You must have a work visa for the USA if you are not a resident.

You’ll be working with the most incredible 35–55 sled dogs, helping with daily care, feeding,cleaning dog-yard ,training runs, and guiding winter tours.

In our kennel dogs comes always first what means that this is not a vacation job.
It’s early mornings, long days in peak season, cold temperatures, and physical work—but also an incredible hands-on experience with amazing dogs from a long distance racing kennel 7 times Yukon quest finisher as multiple Finnmarkslöpet races in Norway.
Alaska is renowned for sled dogs because it is the state's official sport.

We are looking for someone who:
- Is reliable, self-motivated, and hardworking
- Has a positive attitude and works well in a small team
- Is physically fit and comfortable working outdoors in winter conditions down to -50
- Has experience with dogs or animals (preferred but not required)
- Is willing to learn and take responsibility

Responsibilities:
- Daily feeding, watering, and general care of 35–55 sled dogs
- Cleaning kennels and maintaining dog yard
- Harnessing and unharnessing teams
- Assisting with and guiding sled dog tours
- Running dogs for training and conditioning
- General maintenance and chores around the property

lt might be a great fit if you:
✔️ love dogs specially sled -dogs
✔️ love the outdoors in any kind of weather specially the snow ,the cold and darkness

✔️love to work physically

We offer:
• Seasonal position
• Hands-on training with sled dogs
• housing in a dry cabin
• payed position/monthly & bonus in the end of the season

📩 Interested?

Send us an email to
[email protected]

With a short introduction about yourself, your experience, and why you’re interested in this position.

We will just answer per e Mail. No messages on messenger or in comments ,thanks!

Serious applicants

03/23/2026

Night full of energy
1st Alaska Tours Alaska Wilderness Adventures
Akwildernessadventures.com

12/03/2025

Looking for a handler /guide saison 2025/2026.
If you are interested in sleddogs ,guiding tourists on shorter tours in Alaska Fairbanks please contact us.
We have a kennel of around 40 friendly sleddogs who wants to be fed and takin care off as well. Interested ? We will give you all further information . Just send us a pm ! Thanks

11/19/2025

11/19/2025

Amazing lights filmed from our Aurora cabin by Evan Zucker.

This is the first of many time lapses I shot north of Fairbanks on November 11. I have seen many colorful aurora but none as vividly colored as these. 1,091 ...

09/18/2025

3 latest additions to our kennel ,
Ashes ,Cedar and Delta .
3 pups from the pound in Fairbanks .
Got good appetite, always a good sign !
We’re excited to give a bunch of young dogs a chance to do what they were meant to do !

09/11/2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Yukon Quest Alaska Announces Exciting New 750-Mile Race Format for 2026

Fairbanks, Alaska – September 10, 2025 — Yukon Quest Alaska is proud to announce an exciting change for 2026. The premier event will be a 750-mile race starting and finishing in Fairbanks, AK, following a circular route through Interior Alaska and incorporating several remote villages along the Yukon River. This new trail not only promises to showcase the rugged beauty of interior Alaska, but also aims to celebrate the spirit of mushing in these communites where sled dogs have had such historic significance.

Race rules and additional details will be released in the coming months. Race map to be released soon. To give mushers time to plan for the new format, race sign-ups have been rescheduled to open on November 8, 2025. Official rules for the 750-mile race will be published in early November.

In addition to the main race, Yukon Quest Alaska will continue to host the 80-mile Fun Run in 2026, providing an important opportunity for smaller kennels and beginner mushers to gain valuable racing experience and be part of the Yukon Quest Alaska community.

Yukon Quest Alaska invites mushers, fans, and volunteers to stay tuned for more announcements in the coming weeks and support the Yukon Quest Alaska in this exciting new race effort!

Yukon Quest Alaska Board of Directors