Wisconsin Twin Sisters Take on the Iditarod
Anna Berington finished Alaska’s grueling Iditarod sled dog race 43 seconds ahead of her sister, and that was fitting, because she’s been five minutes behind her twin since birth.Growing up in northern Wisconsin, Anna and Kristy Berington underwent the perfect training for the world’s premier sled dog race. Brutal cold,…
Yukon Quest Mushers Recount Trail’s Highs, Lows
Allen Moore provided a one-sentence summary of his lead dog on Saturday at the Yukon Quest finish banquet at the Carlson Center.“There’s not any quit in Quito,” Moore said.Moore’s 6-year-old leader — her name is pronounced Kee-toe — claimed the race’s Golden Harness Award, given to a dog that represents…
Frazee Sled Dog Races are back!
Next weekend, the sounds of excited, snow-loving, hard-working, four-legged friends will be echoing throughout Frazee as the annual Frazee Sled Dog Race gets underway.The event is being held Saturday, Feb. 23, at high noon. The races, which are returning after a no-snow winter forced its cancellation last year, begins and…
Mushers and Sled dogs Compete in the UP 200
For the past 23 years, the city of Marquette has been home to the Upper Peninsula (UP) sled dog races and Al Hardman started competing in the UP 200 21 years ago.”It’s a funny sport. It’s a lot of work. It’s my health program I guess. I like to do…
West Michigan: Snow Makes For Perfect Sled Dog Extravaganza
All the snow falling in West Michigan is perfect for an event happening over in Augusta on Saturday. The Mid-Union Sled Haulers, also known as MUSH, is hosting a sled dog extravaganza at Fort Custer Recreation Park.The group wants to share the thrill of dog sledding with the public, through…
Michigan: Sled Dog Teams Make It To Grand Marais
Emotions were high, and cheers were loud, as one by one, mushers crossed the midway mark in Grand Marais on Saturday.”The first six teams were all one after the other, after the other,” explains musher Ryan Anderson. “It was fun… we were all working together.”But teams know completing 120 miles…
Norwegian Markus Ingebretsen: ‘I’d never thought about mushing before…’
It’s nearly three in the morning and Norwegian Markus Ingebretsen is asleep in the Braeburn Lodge, a log cabin roadhouse 100 miles north of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.He’s reached the first checkpoint of the Yukon Quest 1,000 Mile International Sled Dog Race, an annual event that leads mushers and their teams…
Sellersville, PA: Dog Sledding in Mush
While most of the noise in downtown Sellersville typically comes from cars driving up and down Main Street, Saturday was different.The cries and barks of sled dogs could be heard as far away as the Sellersville Fire Co., across the street from the opening of Lenape Park, where the Pennridge…
Hayward Native to be Big Part of Iditarod 2013 as ‘Teacher on the Trail’
The Iditarod Sled Dog Race from Willow to Nome, Alaska, is known as “The last great race,” an early-March journey of more than 1,000 miles through the frozen Alaskan wilderness. In this test of endurance, dozens of professional-category mushers and their teams of 12 to 16 dogs encounter blizzards and…
Topeka Native Trying to Qualify for 2014 Iditarod
Topeka native Nicholas Guy’s days revolve around training dogs that will compete in the Iditarod Trail International Sled Dog Race and other long-distance races.Guy, a 2003 graduate of Topeka West High School now living in Anchorage, Alaska, competed Jan. 12 in his first sled dog race as a musher. The…