Eden Dog Sledding and Dogsledding-On-Wheels, Come Mush and Learn With Us Year Round!

**WARNING**
Relying soley on GPS systems in our area have left some visitors lost for hours. We live in a rural, remote area — please do not use GPS systems for directions or mapping such as MapQuest. These may send you down roads that are impassable or are snow mobile trails in the winter.

From Smugglers Notch Resort:

Route 108 North DOWN mountain towards Jeffersonville, take 15 East towards Johnson, turn left on Route  100 C, follow to the end, turn left on Route 100 North follow route 100 North to Eden Mills, go past store on the left, turn right on East Hill Road.  Follow East Hill Road 3 miles up, turn left on Square Road, follow for 1.5 miles, Eden Mountain Lodge is on the right.

From Jay Peak:

Take Route 100 South to Eden Mills, 1/2 mile past Lake, take sharp left onto East Hill Road. Follow East Hill Road 3 miles up, turn left on Square Road, follow for 1.5 miles, Eden Mountain Lodge is on the right.

From Stowe:  Follow direction below.

 From I-89 exit 10, take Rt. 100 North 10 miles through the village of Stowe.

1. Continue 9 miles on Rt. 100 North to Morrisville.
2. At the blinking light in Morrisville, go left, follow Route 100 North to a traffic light.
3. Then, go left, following 100 North (this is also Rt 15).
4. Go 2 miles then right on Route 100 North (don't follow Route 15 which goes straight).
5. Drive 9 miles to Eden Mills (look for Ingalls Market on left) take immediate next right on East Hill Road.
6. At first fork in road go Left (South Pond goes right!) Continue to second fork, then go Right, up hill (Griggs Road goes left!).
7. Continue 2 miles to Square Road, take left. Follow the road down 1 1/2 miles to Eden Mt. Lodge on right.

NOTE: Most online maps, including MapQuest, didn't pull our location properly, but these images from Google Maps look like they may be helpful:

Google Map and Directions to Eden Mountain...

Google Map Detail off of Vermont Route 100

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Google Map Close Up of Eden Entrance and Driveway on Square Road

We are located a very easy, scenic drive from Stowe, Jay Peak, Smuggler's Notch and the Burlington area.  Our specially built, two mile access road will bring you directly to our dog center all four seasons of the year.  In the winter, although the roads in are plowed, we encourage you to have 4-wheel drive or snow tires for the steep hills and to allow enough time for the day's road conditions.   PLEASE, PLEASE  DO NOT use GPS, MAPQUEST or any other computer generated system for directions as they will send you up snow mobile trails where you may get stuck!!!!!!  AND cell phones do not work here in our remote area.  WE want you to enjoy your experience! PLEASE DOWNLOAD directions from our site, use the ones on the brochure OR CALL US at 802-635-9070 or 866-635-9070 and we will happily give you the proper directions to get you here safely.

 Our 75 acre center is located in the midst of three thousand, protected, gorgeous wilderness acres in Northern Vermont.   On average it takes about 45 minutes from the town of Stowe, fifty minutes from Smuggler's Notch area, an hour from Burlington and twenty-five minutes from Jay Peak.  Our Boston guests have usually made it in four hours, weather permitting.  

 Our center, nestled between mountains with long range views of the Lowell Mountain range, offers an opportunity to experience old time, country Vermont.  The peace and quiet here are incredible.  Although we cannot guarantee particular wildlife sightings - depending on season our guests have seen deer, moose, hawks, flocks of wild turkeys and the many wonderful songbirds that gather here.  Along with taking many memorable pictures of the dogs and your experience you will want to have plenty of camera batteries and space on your memory cards for the beautiful views of our setting.  Visitors regularly request that their mushers stop so that they can photograph the wonders! 

 Our trails are specially designed to give a wonderful, fun adventure AND to take in the pleasurable beauty of our natural setting.  Please consider coming for a dog sled or d0g-sledding-on-wheels adventue any season of the year - you will love it here! 

Our trails are absolutely the best!  They have been specially planned, engineered and built at a cost of thousands of dollars. in materials alone so that you will have a very fun, exciting adventure through our 75 acres of forest and meadows in the midst of 3000 acres of pristine, protected Vermont wilderness.  The long range views of the Lowell mountain range have our guests begging us to stop so that they can take pictures!

AS we are a real center for Dog sledding where race mushers and dog-powered sports enthusiasts come from all New England and Canada to train their teams - and because we offer our wonderful, Discovery Channel type fun, learning experiences with our friendly, huggable dogs - we have very expensive snow grooming equipment and a full time staff to maintain our trails - just as you would expect at a ski touring center.  This assures you of a fun experience that will not be cut short because of downed trees or storms that have closed down state or snow mobile trails.

In WINTER we also have snow!  When the rest of the state has warmed up and is dealing with mud conditions so that skiing and winter sports are only a dream - WE HAVE SNOW!  Our Micro-climate in Eden Mills has had an abundance of snow that is legend in Vermont.  There is a folk saying that when the rest of the state is raining, Eden Mills has snow.  So please, if you are sitting around your B&B, Inn or Ski Lodge and wondering how to salvage your vacation because of lack of snow - call us at 866-635-9070 or 802-635-9070 and ask us about the snow on our trails!

And please think about us for your spring, summer and fall fun experiences in Vermont.  Our special trails allow us to give you a wonderful dog-sledding-on-wheels experience through the beauty of this special Vermont wilderness experience.  See our special section on this adventure.  You get to learn about the sport, hitch the dogs and ride off onto our special trails.  Mid-way through you will stop at the pond and participate in the antics of our dogs as they swim in the pond, free race at incredible speed for cookies and perform their many antics to amuse you.  After another ride you can enjoy lemonade and cookies at a picnic table around the property and/or bring a picnic lunch to spend more time with our wonderful views and quiet.

Learning Center —  Located near the access road to our 75 acre dog center, nestled in 3000 acres of pristine, protected Vermont wilderness, our large, beautiful barn has been converted into a creative learning center where we host the learning portions of our dog centered activities year round.  Our Discovery Channel type winter sled tours and Dog-sledding-On Wheels tours in Spring, Summer and Fall provide an educational experience that teaches about the history and fun of the sport of dog sledding and dog powered sports and provides hands on experience for children and adults. You will learn how the sleds work, the equipment involved, how to choose dogs for a team, harnessing and hitching the team before you go off on a fun filled adventure over our specially built, custom trails. In the colder months relax in our lounge by the wood fire, sip hot chocolate and watch videos after your tour.  In the warmer months you are free to bring a snack or picnic and enjoy the beautiful views as you ask any further questions that you might have.  The barn has rest room facilities and changing areas for your convenience.  We are hands-on kid friendly so bring your children or your inner child and mush with our kennel of loving, huggable, joyful dogs!   For more information call 802-635-9070

For people who want a more in depth experience for learning how to be a musher, skijoring and/or training your own dogs for pulling, book a few nights, a week or longer in our comfortable accommodations and take part in a dog sledding adventure each day. In private mushing lessons you will leave you knowing all about snow-hooks, tug-lines, verbal commands and the joy of the sport. We will match you with a team each day, teaching you, guiding you and answering all of your questions. We work with each person on an individual basis so that you will gain the confidence and skill that you need to really handle a fast team of Alaskan Huskies.  Immersed in this beautiful setting and learning experience you, by the time you leave you will be able to call yourself a musher!

We also offer Corporate Teambuilding and Intensives for Executives and others who find the challenge of spending a few days or a week involved in the dog sledding or Dog-Sledding-On-Wheels sends them home or back to work with a new perspective.  The challenge of learning a new skill set in our pristine, natural setting can be life affirming as it gets you in touch with your inner strengths and releases stress.  Our clients report a new sense ability to accomplish and of inner peace that they take back into the their home lives and work environments.   Please call  us at 802-635-9070 to discuss your needs.

U -Drive lessons

We require that guests learning the sport take at least two lessons. The first lesson will educate you on all of the functioning parts of the team; you will ride in the sled and get a sense of the trails' terrain, the speed of the dogs and the feel of the sled. During that lesson you will have opportunities to ride the runners. On the second lesson we will give you your own team to drive with the background you gained in your first day's experience. You will drive either a 3-4 dog team behind the guide's lead sled, or a larger team with your guide riding as your passenger. No guests are allowed to ride in sleds driven by our students; those passengers can ride in the guide's lead sled. The two lesson series may be done on consecutive days, or on a single day with a mid-day break for lunch.

For those coming with their own dogs to learn the sport we require two lessons, and we highly recommend three. The first day is a real acclimating experience for your dog. By the second day they are often just beginning to catch on. It is on the third day that we generally see things really "click" for those dogs who do show potential for success. Call us at 802-635-9070 for any questions that you may have.