2006 Yukon Quest

News reports

Stories from Eric Goold
News-Miner sports reporter Eric Goold files news stories while on the trail of the 2006 Yukon Quest Internation Sled Dog Race. Read the news stories.

Update: Gatt, Kleedehn into Dawson
DAWSON CITY, Yukon—Lance Mackey took a wrong turn Tuesday, but still won the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.

Mackey won his second consecutive Quest behind his lead dog, Larry, when he crossed the finish at 7:29 p.m. AST with 11 dogs. He became the race’s fourth multiple champion despite being caught by his closest pursuers [...]
Hall family lives mushing lifestyle
DAWSON CITY, Yukon—For the Hall family, mushing is less about racing and more about a lifestyle.

Sure, Wayne Hall is mushing in his second Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. But the annual run from Fairbanks to Whitehorse occupies just a small amount of their time on the runners. Hall’s wife, Scarlett, and son, Garf, both [...]
Mackey wins Quest, despite wrong turn
Dalton makes a push
Notebook: Phillips, Griffin into Pelly

A reporter's personal blog
Follow Julie Stricker's personal account of life as a dog handler on the 2006 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race and comment on her posts in her Life on the trail blog. Read the blog.

Double back
It’s weird looking at the race standings and seeing two groups of mushers in the same checkpoint, but heading in opposite directions–especially when the front-runners are probably at least a day ahead of their trailmates. And speaking of front-runners, Hans Gatt’s team doesn’t seem to have left its get-up-and-go between Eagle and Dawson.

The top three [...]
The black hole
After the mushers leave Dawson, the handlers have a break of two or three days while the mushers travel through “the black hole.” This is the 200 miles of trail between Dawson and Pelly Crossing without any resupply points or road access. The trail runs through a thickly wooded area called the Black Hills. It [...]
Running together
Hot dogs
Handler heaven

Photos

News-Miner photographer Eric Engman travels the trail of the 2006 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race and captures the best moments in high-quality photographs, which are posted on this site. View the photos.