Salmon Berry Tours.

• Author: Pounds, Nancy
• Position: TRAVEL - Brief article

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Visitors to Alaska in winter with even a half-day to play can nab a quick adventure before jetting home. Anchorage-based Salmon Berry Tours offers several winter tours, including snowmachining, helicopter trips and dog sledding experiences.

"Dog sledding is our most popular winter tour," said Candice McDonald, owner of Salmon Berry Tours.

The company offers two dog sledding tours, a four-hour Anchorage-based tour and a six-hour tour at Iditarod musher Dallas Seavey's Willow kennel. Both include about 45-minutes of dog-mushing, McDonald said.

McDonald started Salmon Berry Tours in 2005 with one tour van and herself as the guide, and has grown to 12 employees and five vans. Most clients are out-of-state visitors, although some Alaskans who have recently moved here accompany their friends and family on tours, McDonald said. Salmon Berry Tours has added trips as the company has grown, including unexpected...