Well, it is starting to get cold and rainy. Its a good thing but it sure makes muddy dogs. Temps have been in the 40's. I know that is still hot for a lot of...
We have 30F (0C now), but yesterday we had 7F yesterday and the days before. It is snowing just now. We are located in the middle of Sweden. J. On 11/3/06,...
That is just not fair that you have such cold temps. :) I wish it was already that cold here. What are the general temps during your winter? And how much snow...
We are maybe 1800 miles north from Alps :) Our temperatures can get down to -35 degC, which should be -31F. Current snow conditions - over 20inches of snow....
Swiss alps are not in Sweden. Mikki Christian Hollingsworth <christian_hollingsworth@...> wrote: That is just not fair that you have such cold temps. :)...
Well, it is starting to get cold here. We've had snow 1/2 and hour to the south of us, but the way it has tracked off the Great Lakes, it keeps missing us !!!...
Yup Sweden it can be very fast winter. I know this. we used to live in iceland. Also in October we had snow. :o) Mikki Jáchym Lukeš <jachym.lukes@...>...
That's absolutely true, Swiss Alps are in Switzerland, but we have Vedje-Berget. It is maybe 400m above sea level, which is a 100m difference comparing to our...
It is usual to have snow in October, at least where I live. J. ... It is usual to have snow in October, at least where I live. J. On 11/4/06, Kipp d' Amundsen...
I´m suffering from one major problem throughout the years of mushing and that is cold fingers. When it gets below 10°C and I´m still driving the ATV, I...
How do you run with the sled dogs down in Australia Sue? I mean what are your common training temps? BTW, off topic with the temperatures, but I used to be in...
Sorry, I was thinking of Switzerland. LOL. Sorry everyone. I get Switzerland and Sweden mixed up. Please forgive me. :) ... wish it was ... is ... hop ... ...
Your wheel dog is 125lbs? That is really big. What is his maximum speed, just by guessing. I was just wondering how well he does with keeping up with the other...
I did a study in how to keep warm for my trip to this year's Iditarod. Got good advice from many. The summary: handwarmers, glover liners (high tech fabric,...
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Who are the manufacturers of the Canadian gear? I would like to look into it. ... Iditarod. Got ... (high tech ... find (my ... best ... were ... below ... use...
I thought I would let everyone know a little bit about SledDoggin.com. The Barking Spot Message Forums: http://www.sleddoggin.com/forum/index.php If you are...
Thanks Mary. My problem seems to be in a "cut" connection between all the warm layers on my wrists. I of course wear long sleeves, but working with the dogs,...
Ya, we've got 5 "big" guys (and, now, a 6th one growing up....). They are more of a "freight" bred dog, from village or Alaskan blood lines. I don't think...
I like the extra long mitts - I think they call them gauntlet style ? The ones where the cuff comes part way up your arm. That way they cover the bottome of...
That is really very cool. Don't underestimate Mals. Today I just saw a malamute puppy. He was darling. Just a little fluff ball of love. ... people ... thing...
Training usually starts around April..(I can remember starting in February.
Valintines Day..was my starting day.. but global warming has ruined that..),
and we...
Thank to everybody for your ideas and recommendations! X-mas is aproaching so I´ll try to surf the net and look for better mittens :) In the meantime our...
Katerina, You need a set of wrist gators. I'll send some to you. Karen ... From: Kipp d' Amundsen Kennels To: SledDogTalk@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday,...
Katerina, Do they have the 'hot grips' for ATVs there?? My grips are heated and I can get away with wearing pretty light gloves training on the ATV because of...
I believe they do, as well as thumb warmers but the thing is we are so far away from the nearest town where they have a snowmachine-atv-car shop and service...