17-Year Old Musher Edges Out Sled Dog Veteran in the Race to the Sky
The last time Jessie Royer crossed the finish line of the Race to the Sky sled dog race was in 1994 when she was 17 years old.She won that race, making her the first woman and the youngest musher to win Race to the Sky.On Tuesday, Royer, now 36 of…
Interior Alaska Mushers Prepare for the Iditarod
The end of the Yukon Quest means its more famous cousin, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, is right around the corner.Interior mushers entered in this year’s 1,200-mile race from Anchorage to Nome, including newly crowned Quest champion Allen Moore, who is one of five Quest mushers pulling double duty…
Hillsboro Man Mushing His Way to Happiness
Hard to say for sure, but Richie Camden may be the greatest sled-dog racer in Jefferson County history.Training with little money, less snow and a dog team that includes a Gordon setter, Camden leaves this week to compete in a 90-mile mush in Marquette, Mich.This will be Camden’s third race…
Eden Valley Woman Savors Volunteering For Sled Dog Race
Nearly 120 miles north of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon’s chaotic start lies a wilderness checkpoint where the spirit of the race reveals itself in silent campfire smoke and pine siskins’ song.Far removed from the poster-signing, cute-puppy-contest trappings that draw thousands of spectators to Duluth, Sawbill is where Eden…
‘Spirit of the North’ Sled Dog Race Coming to Camp Ripley
After months of preparation and the aid of some timely snow, the inaugural ‘Spirit of the North’ Winter Warrior sled dog races will be held at Camp Ripley, Feb. 16 – 17.The event, put on by the North Star Sled Dog Club (NSSDC), is the first of its kind in…
Student Unsure Of Sled Dog Future
In winter months most young children marvel at thoughts of going skiing or building snowmen, but the Gast brothers had their eyes set on something much greater; dog sled racing.It was a dream that began in former Castleton State student Eddie Gast’s third grade classroom when a musher made a…
Sass To The Rescue…Again
Mile 101, Steese Highway, AK – The top two teams in this year’s Yukon Quest blew through the Mile 101 checkpoint early Sunday morning. The rivalry continued up and over Eagle summit as Hugh Neff and Allen Moore battled for the win. A few hours behind them a far different…
Dog Sledding In Michigan
Among the many wonderful winter activities Michigan has to offer, nothing compares to the thrill and excitement of dog sledding. And there are several places throughout the state, both Lower and Upper Peninsula’s that offers this unique opportunity. This is what Tasha Stielstra from Nature’s Kennel had to say on…
Aiyana Ferraro of Victor Wins Race To The Sky Junior Sled Dog Race!
Aiyana Ferraro of Victor and Roy Etnire, a millwright from Seeley Lake, won the two 100-mile dog sled races from Lincoln to Seeley Lake in the 2013 Race to the Sky.Ferraro, 15, crossed the line at the Seeley Lake Community Center at 6:09 a.m. Monday to claim her first victory…
Allen Moore Wins Quest!
A light snow fell on a small crowd gathered on the Chena River in Fairbanks as Allen Moore’s eleven-dog team pulled the musher across the Yukon Quest finish line early this morning. The win is fitting after a narrow miss last year.Moore stepped off his runners, checked in his mandatory…