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Podcast: Montana Dogsledding with Mark Schurke

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast, Downrigger Dale doesn’t just ride along—he becomes a full-on musher with a pack of powerful Inuit dogs in the wilds of Northwest Montana.

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast, your host Downrigger Dale takes you dog sledding with the owner of Basecamp Bigfork, Mark Schurke! You have got to see this one gang! Folks are having a blast with this, and it is likely because of the way Mark does it. Yeah, you can sit and ride on the dog sled, which is a ton of fun, but Mark actually lets you become the Musher! That’s the person who, for lack of a better word, drives the dog sled, and that makes it even more fun. In fact, when you click here to watch this week’s video of the podcast, you will get to watch the dogs and mushers in action. Another incredible thing you will learn is that the dogs that Mark uses are Inuit Dogs, which is the oldest dog breed in the world. They are unbelievable at what they can do, and if you want, they can make your trip with them pretty wild. Click here to watch them jump over streams and take the sled flying right over it as well, and other cool stuff! You are going to love this Podcast! Not only do folks get to become the musher, but they also get out into some of the most beautiful places in Northwest Montana. DO NOT miss this podcast. So, click here to watch or here to listen to this week’s podcast and get to mushing!!

Links:

  • Click here to learn more about Basecamp Bigfork.
  • If you would like to watch even more videos and see more awesome pictures, click here to see them on Facebook or you can click here to see more on Instagram.
  • Questions for Mark? Click here to send him and email.
  • As always, your old buddy Rigger would love to hear what you thought of this week’s Podcast. Click here to shoot him an email!


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