Aurora Husky Hut

Sauna ja rauhallisuus erämaassa.

Yli kolmen kilometrin matka moottoripyörällä soratietä. Kohtalaisen isoja kiviä tiellä. Matkustaja ei tykännyt.

Es fácil llegar en coche. Los alrededores son preciosos y solo hay 3 cabañas. A quien le gusten los perros es un lugar maravilloso porque hay más de 100 perros preciosos Alaskan Huskies para trineos. Son adorables y amigables. La cabaña está limpia y hay WC dentro. También calefacción y chimenea. Está bastante nueva.

La cabaña es demasiado básica y muy pequeña. Tuvimos que poner todo en el suelo porque no había estanterías. El agua para beber es de un bidón. Sólo hay una pila que hace de lavabo. Apenas hay utensilios. Te lavas los dientes y friegas los cacharros en el mismo sitio.

Cosy inside with a stove and lots of wood. The kitchen area was totally unfussy. Not designed for gourmet cooking but I still managed to cook an omelette! The ecotoilet was a revelation. No smells. Comfy bed. But what made the place exceptional were: 1. The huskies! Over 120 of them, boisterous and curious about visitors. Very barky at first but once you chatted to them and they got used to you they were anxious to connect. I got my hands licked and nuzzled by one male and several females who competed for attention. Lovely. I’m not even a dog person. 2. The sauna and the river. You have to light the stove yourself and there’s plenty wood for this. It takes over an hour to get to 40 Celsius but keep that stove fed generously. A few scoops of hot water on the stones get the temperature up to 50 Celsius. This you can work up a good sweat to nip over, naked, to the river along a narrow boardwalk and step down the ladder into the vivifying waters of the river. I suggest you swim up the current and glide gently back down to the ladder. Once out you’ll feel brand new and can head back to the sauna for a sweat. Repeat! You can also use the water in a container around the stove to ‘shower’ at the end. Mix very hot and cold and pour over yourself. Exhilarating! One plea: if there are others waiting to use the sauna, please make sure you leave plenty wood in the stove to maintain temperature. Otherwise the stove will take over hour to heat up and you’ll want your hour of sweating, so the next person will have to wait 2 hours min for their turn. So be a considerate sauna user. 3. Sara who looks after the place. She’s just great so be nice to her too!

The lock: mysterious operation to get the door unlocked from outside! Minor as once I worked it out it was fine. But it needs a bit of adjustment.

The cabin has everything you need and is fine for a night or two.

It should have been made clear in advance that neither airport pickup or drop-off, nor food would be available. I understand it was busy because of the main season and generally it's not really an issue... if you are informed about it beforehand. So just a heads-up for future guests. I'm also not sure if the sheets were washed between guests, but could be wrong.