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Wintergreen Dogsled Lodge Boundary Waters Weekend — Ely, MN — Ely, MN
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Wintergreen Dogsled Lodge Boundary Waters Weekend — Ely, MN

Destination: Ely, MNNights: 3Group: 4–8Season: December, January, February, MarchEstimated: $1,800–$2,600 per person

Wintergreen Dogsled Lodge sits at the edge of the Boundary Waters in Ely, Minnesota — Paul Schurke's operation, the only US lodge devoted exclusively to running huskies, and the rare bachelorette weekend that swaps a pool day for harness school and a lodge-to-lodge crossing of snow-blanketed lakes ranger trucks can't reach. Days move at sled-team pace; nights end in the lodge sauna and around the woodstove with cast-iron dinner and a glass of something warm. Decompression on the way back to Duluth airport with Lake Superior whitefish at the Boathouse Brewpub. The bridesmaids who came for the photos leave talking about the silence.

What she'll do

Dog Sledding

Luxe Picnic

Tour

Where she sleeps

  • · Wintergreen Dogsled Lodge

Where she eats

  • · Wintergreen Lodge dining hall
  • · Boathouse Brewpub (Ely)

Questions

Have to know how to mush?
No — Wintergreen runs harness school the morning of day one. First-timers are driving their own team by lunch.
How cold are we talking?
Single digits to negative twenty. The lodge issues full Steger expedition parkas, mukluks, gauntlets. Bring your own base layers.
Closest airport?
Duluth (DLH), 2 hours. Minneapolis (MSP) is 4½ hours but adds flight options. The lodge handles ground transfer from either.

Ready to book the story?

Five quick questions, then we build the full itinerary — lodging, daily schedule, dining, bars, the group-chat message — and drop you into a Trip Room you can share with the bridesmaids.