2026 Pennsylvania Sled Dog Club Spring Meeting

The annual spring meeting will take place in historic Gettysburg, PA! Plan to join us for a fun-filled, family-friendly weekend with fellow mushers to celebrate the end of the 2025-2026 season, discuss club business, vote in the PSDC elections, and experience some of what Gettysburg has to offer.

Featuring Guest Speaker Meredith Michener "The Finish Line that Wasn't - The Trail to NOT Running a World Championship"
 
Meredith Michener began participating in sled dog sports in 2011 with her rescue dog Leo at PSDC's Fair Hill Challenge. It took just one race and she was hooked. Since then she has won multiple dryland Gold, Silver and Bronze ISDRA and IFSS medals, been selected for Team USA three times and participated in one IFSS World Championship in Spain. In October of 2025 she was prepared to race in the first IFSS World Championship on American soil and two weeks before the event an accident took her out of competition. Meredith has been a member of PSDC since 2011, served on the board for multiple years and is presently the Executive Director of ISDRA. She is a resident of Collegeville, PA

Date: May 1-3, 2026

Location: Quality Inn Gettysburg Battlefield, 380 Steinwehr Ave. Gettysburg, PA

Hotel Reservations:

Hotel Accommodations: Our club has a block of rooms held for club members to reserve. Most of the rooms are in the Quality Inn. There are also a few across the street at the Best Western. Click here to make your reservations for a room. Please be mindful of the dates that these reservations must be made by to ensure getting a room with the group discount.

Schedule of Events:

Friday, May 1st

• 4 PM Check-in begins at hotel
• 8 PM - Ghost Walk Tour - Meet at 47 Steinwehr Avenue (tour starts at 8:30 PM)
  • Tickets are $15 each

Saturday, May 2nd

• 9:15 AM - Meet at Train Station, 106 N. Washington Street for Gettysburg Historic Railway Tour
  • 13-years-old to adult $30 each
  • 2-years-old to 12-years-old $27 each
• 11:30 AM - 1 PM - Lunch on your own
• 1 PM - 2:30 PM - Business Meeting and Elections (to be held in the Breakfast Cottage at hotel) NOTICE: Dogs Are Not Allowed in the Meeting Room
• 2:30 PM - 4 PM - Movie
• 4:45 PM - Silent Auction Ends
• 6 PM - 9 PM - Awards Banquet and Guest Speaker (Meredith Michener) at Dobbin House Tavern
  • 11-years-old to adult is $35 each
  • 4-years-old to 10-years-old is $16 each

Sunday, May 3rd

For anyone wishing to stay in town on Sunday, here are a couple places you might want to visit:

• Cyclorama / Museum / Bookstore
• Beyond the Battlefield Museum

REGISTRATION CLOSES APRIL 10, 2026 AT 11:59 P.M.