Emily Ford

Emily Ford (born ) is an American dog musher, long-distance hiker, and gardener.

Career Ford grew up in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. After graduating college, Ford moved to Duluth, Minnesota. In summer, she is head gardener at Glensheen Historic Estate in Duluth and is based in Willow, Alaska in winter.

Ford began long-distance hiking by completing the Superior Hiking Trail in northern Minnesota. Over the winter of 2020–21, Ford became the 78th person to thru-hike the Wisconsin Ice Age Trail, and the second person (and first woman) to do it in winter. The journey attracted media and social media attention. It was the subject of a short documentary called Breaking Trail produced by a Minneapolis company; the film premiered at Banff Mountain Film Festival in fall 2021.

Ford subsequently became interested in dogsled racing and was mentored by Paul Schurke of Wintergreen dogsled center in Ely, Minnesota. In the Iditarod, Ford placed 18th (of 33 teams), and finished 3rd among 16 rookies.