Klondike 300 race route changed due to deep sugar snow
We regret to inform you that we have had to change the race route. The snow up in the Petersville area is 5’ deep and has the consistency of sugar. Our trail crew went up Saturday and spent 11 hours and could only break 3 miles of trail. The snow…
Swingley wins Seeley Lake 200
Dough Swingley, of Montana, narrowly beat Jacques Philip, of Fairbanks, AK in the Seeley Lake 200, in Seeley, Montana. Swingley finished the race in 28 hours 44 minutes, while Philip was hot on his tail with a total time of 28:45. Melanie Shirilla, of Montana, placed third (29:49) – an…
Frazee Cancelled
The 2007 Frazee Third Crossing Sled Dog Rendezvous has been Cancelled. Gale Kaas, of Frazee Forum, says “We don’t have a lick of snow here.” The Frazee, in its eighth year, has been a crowd pleaser for the small Minnesotan town. With classes ranging from open-class all the way through…
La Grande Odyssee
There was a lot of pressure at the mass start departure. After 6 hours of racing, there was only 6 minutes between Jean-Philipe Pontier and Radek Havrda. Today, Jean-Phi has decided to run with 12 dogs as he wanted to do everything possible to keep the lead and win this…
Allen Moore wins the 2007 Copper Basin 300!!
Allen Moore of Two Rivers, Alaska crossed the finish line in Glennallen at 9:16 PM on Monday, January 15. Allen finished the trail in 37 hours and 40 minutes. His average speed on the trail was 7.7 miles per hour.Thirteen mushers scratched in the race so far leaving eight mushers…
La Grande Odyssee
After a good night at the bivouac, the mushers and their teams spent the wholemorning with the numerous visitors and got the opportunity to share with them, theirpassion for the dogs and for mushing.The German musher, Thomas Hoffmann, was relaxing. For him, this is the first race ofa long series…
ADMA Challenge Series #2
Alaska Dog Mushers Association had a reprieve from Mother Nature’s recent cold snap, and provided a relatively warm day to run the second Annamaet Challenge Series. The sky was overcast with temperatures at around 2F and snow flurries starting during the open class race. Races held included 4.5 mile 1,…
2007 Copper Basin 300
Zack Steer is leading the 2007 Copper Basin 300 into Meiers Checkpoint. As in most distance races the leaders switch around depending on rest schedules. One early surprise was the relatively new musher Brent Sass of Fairbanks. Sass ran his first race in the 2006 Yukon Quest 300, and won…
Mackey wins Cantwell Classic
Two-time Yukon Quest champion Lance Mackey won the inaugural Cantwell Classic, a 200-mile race from Cantwell to Maclaren River Lodge and back. The trail was slow as heavy snowfall in just days prior to the race made traveling difficult, and as a result a slower pace was set. Temperatures dropped…
La Grande Odyssee
The whole field of competitors got together on Saturday morning for the first musher briefingwhere they were given all the necessary instructions for starting the firststage of this race.Nicolas Vanier, Race Director, is more than happy to get back to this race after hiswonderful adventure in Siberia, a year ago….