Siskiyou Sled Dog Races Postponed
While the top of Mt. Shasta is spectacularly blanketed in white, the trails below 6,000 feet on the north side of Mt. Shasta turned to mud by Jan. 25.The Siskiyou Sled Dog Races, which were scheduled to take place on Feb. 11-12 have been postponed until March 17-18. The snows,…
Blayne Streeper Wins Stage, Maintains IPSSSDR Lead
Blayne “Buddy” Streeper won the third stage of the International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race on Monday, finishing the 38-mile run from Pinedale to Cora in 3 hours, 21 minutes and 51 seconds.The win allowed Streeper, of Fort Nelson, British Columbia, to hold a nearly 8-minute edge over Aaron…
Replacement Sled Dog Race Under Way in Cook County
What do you do when Minnesota’s best-known sled dog race is derailed because Mother Nature doesn’t hold up her end of the bargain?You improvise.Read more here: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/221442/
Video: Dogsled Race Up the Gunflint Trail
Colleen Wallin grew up in Inver Grove Heights and moved to Two Harbors 22 years ago, where she trains and runs sled dogs with her husband. Monday afternoon, she was among the more than a dozen mushers that set out on a 100-mile race up the Gunflint Trail. The race…
Kearney Dog Sled Races Good for North Muskoka Resorts
For the eighteenth year, the Kearney Dog Sled Races will take place in the beautiful Ontario Near-North tourist region of the Almaguin Highlands, just north of Muskoka, Ontario. This very popular annual winter event draws spectators and participants from right across Canada and the United States and is important to…
Rookie Quest Mushers Racing Dogs to Learn, Then to Teach
This year’s Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race will be a learning experience for rookies Joar Leifseth Ulsom, Nikolay Ettyne and Michael Telpin in more ways than one.The three are racing as part of GoNorth! Adventure Learning’s Racing Beringia team, a program dedicated to educating students using experiences from major…
Sheep Mountain Musher Wins Northern Lights 300
Sheep Mountain’s Anjanette Steer won the inaugural Northern Lights 300 on Sunday.Steer followed her team through the finish line at the Happy Trails Kennel in Big Lake at 12:50 p.m. to win the race. She finished 12 minutes ahead of runner-up Ray Redington of Knik.Read more here: http://www.frontiersman.com/sports/sheep-mountain-musher-wins-northern-lights/article_ca55c4ca-4bcc-11e1-9236-001871e3ce6c.html
Cim Smyth Outduels King in Tustemena 200
Once Cim Smyth figured out a way to win the battle of the sexes, he found a way to come from behind, beat Jeff King and claim the title of the Tustumena 200 sled dog race Sunday on the Kenai Peninsula.Forced to serve as referee between a female leader in…
Grand Mesa Summit Dog Sled Race
The Grand Mesa Summit Challenge returned to the Valley this weekend. It’s one of the highest dog sled races in North America, elevated at 10,300 feet.People from all over Colorado attended the race to show off their dogs athletic abilities. Nearly 40 racers aging from eight to seventy year old’s…
Purses Announced For Limited Sprint Sled Dog Races
The Alaska Dog Mushers Association announced Sunday the prize money for this year’s championship limited class sled dog races.There are three limited class races in the championship series — the Feb. 18 and 19 Annamaet Gold Run, the Feb. 25-26 Mt. McKinley Bank North Pole Championships and the March 9-11…