Cook wins The Pas World Championship Sled Dog Race
Kevin Cook, of Preeceville, SK, Canada, won the overall three-day race by just under 2 minutes. The three day 35-mile race attracted 14 entries, and some of the toughest teams around. Kevin Cook’s three-day time was 6:47:34.39, followed closely by Dave Hochman (6:49:30.55), and the Beck family. John, Richard and…
Yukon Quest: Parvin found safe and well
Sun Feb 18/07 – 08:00 Overdue Yukon Quest musher Greg Parvin and his dogs arrived in Dawson City early Sunday morning under their own power after spending several days on the trail between Pelly Crossing and Dawson City.Yukon Quest Race Official Doug Grilliot confirmed he had spoken with Parvin in…
Frank Turner scratches in Dawson
Yukon Quest Veteran Whitehorse musher and 1995 Yukon Quest Champion Frank Turner (18) has become the third team to scratch from the 2007 race.Turner arrived in the Dawson City checkpoint at 4:40 a.m. on Thursday and removed, or scratched, his team from the race shortly after noon today announcing that…
Yukon Quest musher overdue in Dawson City, Yukon (8:00 p.m.)
Officials of the 2007 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race announced tonight that a search team has been organized and will begin operations tomorrow morning to locate an overdue team if it does not arrive in the checkpoint overnight.Nome, Alaska musher Greg Parvin (team number 16) left the Scroggie Creek…
Gold Run begins in Fairbanks
42 teams turned out for the 1st of four Championship races held by ADMA. The limited class Gold Run includes 2-dog skijoring, 4, 6 and 10-dog sled classes.The 4-dog class was easily won by Scott Campbell in a time of 18:25.2 over the 5.9 mile trail, followed by Andrea Swingley…
Keeping the team on the trail – Eagle Checkpoint
As daylight fades from the sky around Eagle, Alaska, serveral dog teams are resting here before setting off onto the Yukon River towards Slaven’s Cabin and Circle City.The Eagle Checkpoint has been in operation for over 28 hours now as a steady flow of teams have been arriving since yesterday…
Back of pack into Dawson
Bob McAlpin surprised checkpoint volunteers and officials early this morning when he arrived in Dawson at 3:28 am. All four of the back of the pack mushers had left Scroggie Creek to travel together yesterday morning. Bob was the last to leave. Based on run times of previous mushers, officials…
Yukon Quest trail report #7 Dawson City to Eagle, Alaska ~ 150 miles
Based on reports from Race Manager Alex Olesen at the musher’s meeting in Dawson CityCanadian Ranger John ‘Mitch’ Mitchell, gave the final report from the Canadian Rangers at the Dawson City mushers meeting. He reported on the final 75 miles of Ranger-maintained trail to the border then handed it off…
Yukon Quest: Update from Scroggie Creek Dog Drop
The Scroggie Creek Dog Drop personnel have confirmed that all four remaining dog teams have started their 100-mile run to Dawson City as of 10:00am.Ski-plane support has been scheduled to arrive at Scroggie Creek around 2:30pm today to bring Race Veterinarian Gregg Phillips and the equipment and tents for the…
Mushing USA To Hold Organizing Congress
Mushing USA, the national governing body of sled dog sports in the US, will hold its organizing congress in Marquette, Michigan, the weekend of July 14-15, 2007. This exciting event will take place at Marquette Mountain Lodge, and sessions will convene on Saturday morning at 10:00 AM.Mushing USA, formerly known…