Feb 13, 2011

My birthday sled

I got myself a new sled for my birthday or, maybe I should say, I bought an old sled with a brand new sled bag, as this Polaris nordic style pulka sled, made by Gösta Karlberg of Kallasgården in Dalarna, is somewhere between 20-30 years old. Still in excellent condition though! Gösta has been building sleds and mushing dogs for more than 40 years and his Polaris skijoring pulks are very popular among competitive skijorers in Sweden.

We're not into racing with our Malamutes but this lightweight pulk will be perfect for mountain excursions as the large and functional sled bag packs everything you need for a week-long excursion.

Tuisku in the distance, checking out the trail ahead...

I am looking forward to trying out this sled on a longer trip soon!
 
We had a nice and interesting visit at Kallasgården, where we also got to meet Gösta's beautiful Greenland Dogs. Gösta is a great source of information when it comes to trails, dogs and equipment. I'm sure we'll be visiting again to buy a second sled in the future.

4 comments:

Anna Maria said...

Cool to have you back in Blogland! Fantastic pictures, pure new snow and happy mals :)
Congrats for the birthday sled, it looks really big but light, must be ideal for longer excursions. We have only trained with kicksled yet but with 3 dogs it' s quite a rollercoaster and there' s no brake...:)

Happy trails to you and your pack!
Anna Maria & Kita

Marit Kangas said...

Thanks Anna Maria! :-)

We bought the sled because we decided we needed a pulk with a reliable break for our mountain excursions. So far I have always been skijoring without a break but with Titan as a new addition to the team I feel that a break is necessary as he is young, eager, extremely strong and (admittedly) does not always listen to commands...

Greetings to Kita!

Anna said...

Hej!
Kul att "ses" på nätet igen! Vilken otroligt vacker släde till hundarna och vilka vackra bilder - som vanligt! Så du har blivit Sverige-bo igen, då kanske vi ses nångång, ha det gott!

Marit Kangas said...

Japp nu är man på rätt sida om gränsen igen, och fortfarande inom Övre Norra. :) Kikar in på din blogg då och då, söta valpar du har! :-)