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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
PELLY CROSSING, Yukon—Dave Dalton has made up a lot of ground in the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, but the Healy musher still has some work to do if he wants to match his best career finish.
Dalton left this Yukon River checkpoint in sixth place Monday, but was just 16 minutes out of fourth […]
PELLY CROSSING, Yukon—Michelle Phillips found herself surrounded by the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race’s media group Monday afternoon.
“Must be a slow news day,” she said.
Phillips was a little bit tired after arriving in this Yukon River checkpoint on the race’s 10th day with 200 miles of trail through the Black Hills left.
Actually, more like […]
PELLY CROSSING, Yukon—If you catch William Kleedehn at just the right time and in just the right mood, he’ll tell you what he really thinks.
The time not to catch him is just after he has mushed over 210 miles of the worst terrain the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race has to offer.
The Black Hills. […]
Hans Gatt is up to his old tricks.
The three-time champion is again in the lead of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race after passing Lance Mackey on the trail to Stewart River. Gatt wiped out a deficit of more than six hours Monday on the 100-mile run to the Quest’s impromptu final checkpoint.
Gatt was […]
PELLY CROSSING, Yukon—It’s impossible to miss Lance Mackey when he comes to town.
Excited Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race fans and volunteers in this small Native village kept everyone posted as he made his way to the checkpoint Sunday. First there were the ringing air sirens, sounded twice in warning that the team was approaching. […]
PELLY CROSSING, Yukon—Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race officials responded Sunday to accusations by musher Hugh Neff that he was forced to scratch.
Neff alleged that the Quest veterinary staff had it out for him as far back as last year after he scratched Saturday in Dawson City following his mandatory 36-hour layover.
“There was […]
DAWSON CITY, Yukon—When the hour struck 3 a.m. Saturday, the three front-runners in the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race were wide awake and scurrying about as they prepared to return to the trail.
After a mandatory 36-hour layover at the traditional halfway point of the race, the mushers and their dogs were anxious to get […]