In this photo, the wind was blasting about 60mph. My tent was half buried and the sleds were completely under the snow. If you look closely, right behind the sled’s handle bars, to the right side of the photo, you’ll see Bear, one of my lead dogs. Although, Bear isn’t 100% pure breed Alaskan malamute, he’s dealt with enough blizzards to know how to take cover in these devilish windstorms.
Most of the adult malamutes protect themselves from the wind by allowing themselves to be completely covered in snow. Yet, some of the pups can’t seem to figure it out at first. They’ll whine, howl and shake the snow off , but after a few blizzards they wise up and dig in like the adults..
Born to Pull 