On our AK trip a year ago, we stopped at some retired teachers house outside Wrangell, they used to teach in Fairbanks, she was deaf and ran sled dogs. They had invited the group to stop in for lunch when we passed thru as they had met the trip organizer thru a forum where he had asked a question about the area. When Pooch was alive, I did some snow camping with him, had to bring some beer flats for his ground insulation, but now I see a short regular pad would be better. We did a few snowmobile camping trips too, that way we could get further in, he would ride in my lap, but when I stopped, get outta his way, he wanted off that thing! When I had my two Dobies, I had considered using them, but the female may not have wanted to do that, her dad would have been gungho.