Yukon Quest: Back For More After Nearly A Decade Away
This year’s Yukon Quest roster is dominated by veterans, but some of them haven’t run the race since the mid- 1990’s. They say they’re feeling like experienced rookies, but they all have a reason to finish.It’s been a decade since Darren Lee lined out his team to run the Yukon…
The Quest In The Classroom
Mushers and race organizers on the Yukon Quest need to know how to read maps, measure distance and time. They also need to know how to communicate well. Those are all reasons why some teachers in Alaska use the race as a teaching tool this time of year. One fourth…
Iditarod Champion Offers Tips On Building A Winning Team
At age 18, Dallas Seavey was the youngest musher to finish what has been called the last great race on earth – the 1,049-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.Now 25, Seavey has many more impressive finishes under his belt. In 2011, he became the youngest winner of the Yukon Quest…
Breaking Trail To Canada Isn’t For Everyone
Yukon Quest Trail breakers have been hard at work for well over a month, battling blowing snow and fierce cold to get the Alaska-side trail in place. It’s not a job for the faint of heart, and finding the right people to do it, may be the biggest challenge.As the…
Laura Daugerau 2-for-2 On The Dog Sled Season
Laura Daugereau kept her perfect season going this weekend.The dog sled racer from Port Gamble won the Eagle Cap Extreme race in Joseph, Ore., on Friday.The 200-mile race was shortened to 150 miles because rain was causing the trails to deteriorate. She said it was the right call for the…
Aaron Peck Leads Intl Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race
Aaron Peck of Grand Prairie, Alberta, is in first place on the sixth day of the International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race.Peck and the other mushers were racing near Big Piney and Marbleton in western Wyoming on Thursday. They raced on Louis Lake Road near Lander on Wednesday because…
West Lafayette Native Finds Passion In Dog Mushing
At a young age, Mark Walker learned he wasn’t like his friends.Born with a heart defect, Walker had an angioplasty at age 4, sidelining him from the athletic field for many of his school years.“I should not, arguably, be alive,” the West Lafayette native said matter-of-factly.But for the past eight…
Apostle Islands Sled Dog Races Saturday & Sunday
55 Dog teams and mushers will take part in the Apostle Islands Sled Dog Races Saturday and Sunday. Races begin at the Town of Bayfield gravel pit at 10 a-m each day. Spectators are invited to watch the action. There will be bonfires, a heated tent with food and retail…
Dogsled Racing In Russia’s Remote Kamchatka Region
Dog-lovers in Russia’s remote Kamchatka peninsula took part in the annual dog sled race and skijoring contest.Dog sled has been Kamchatka’s traditional means of transportation for centuries and dogsled races is one of locals’ favorite sports.Skijoring is defined as a winter sport where a person on skis is pulled by…
Frazee Sled Dog Race Set For Feb 23
If at first you don’t succeed…The Frazee Sled Dog Club has doubtless taken that adage to heart in recent years, as a lack of snow and unseasonably warm temperatures have wreaked havoc with scheduling for its popular annual race event, the Third Crossing Sled Dog Rendezvous.For the past several years,…