Healy musher Regina Wycoff and Yukon musher Kyla Boivin left Eagle together early Friday en route to Dawson. Boivin has been suffering from serious back problems since the start of the race and said she has been treating herself with Algyval and DMSO, both canine liniments, although she has been laughing through the pain.
Wycoff, a […]
The news Friday that the trail was being drastically rerouted didn’t come as a huge surprise. All the way up the Klondike Highway, we talked to residents and some of the Canadian Rangers who put in the trail. They all said the conditions were terrible and they had been busy rerouting the trail, filling in […]
Dawson City is where the handlers take charge. It’s one of the reasons they are so important in the Yukon Quest.
After mushers leave Circle in Alaska, handlers jump back in their trucks and drive to Dawson. It’s our 1,000 mile race because we have to get to Dawson to set up camp for the dogs […]